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When U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iranian infrastructure and send the country “back to the Stone Ages,” he was perhaps being honest about his true intentions. Perhaps his intent is no longer just about fighting the Islamic Republic, degrading its military, or even trying to change the regime. It is about going after the systems that keep ordinary people alive. It is a war against Iranians, and not just the evil regime repressing them.

The U.S.-Israeli war may have resulted in tactical successes such as the destruction of military bases and infrastructure, but it has also injured and killed thousands of innocent Iranians and devastated civilian infrastructure needed to sustain human life in Iran. Trump’s war will alienate a major part of the Iranian population that hates the regime but is devoted to Iran as a nation.

When U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iranian infrastructure and send the country “back to the Stone Ages,” he was perhaps being honest about his true intentions. Perhaps his intent is no longer just about fighting the Islamic Republic, degrading its military, or even trying to change the regime. It is about going after the systems that keep ordinary people alive. It is a war against Iranians, and not just the evil regime repressing them.

The U.S.-Israeli war may have resulted in tactical successes such as the destruction of military bases and infrastructure, but it has also injured and killed thousands of innocent Iranians and devastated civilian infrastructure needed to sustain human life in Iran. Trump’s war will alienate a major part of the Iranian population that hates the regime but is devoted to Iran as a nation.

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