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President Trump, in vowing to systematically destroy civilian infrastructure and annihilate Iran's entire civilization, appears to be creating evidence about his intentions.
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President Trump threatened the kind of destruction that would be deemed a war crime under international law.
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Senator Ron Johnson said he hoped President Trump was making empty threats, but most in the G.O.P. cheered his warning that Iran's "whole civilization" would be wiped out.
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Iran will likely control the waterway. The question is whether diplomats find a way of making that workable.
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Tuesday's special House election runoff in a conservative stretch of Georgia is one of the first to showcase disagreements over the conflict, including within the G.O.P.
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The president offered a new rationale for the costly, unpopular conflict: "God wants to see people taken care of," he said.
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Gen. Randy George's ouster is the latest in a series of clashes between the Pentagon chief and the service's senior leadership, and comes amid the ongoing war in Iran.
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The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has now entered its fourth week. The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces is being felt worldwide, as shipments of oil, natural gas and fertilizer have been drastically curtailed. A fifth of the world's oil supply transits through the strait, and the price of oil is up by about 50% since the war began in late February.
On Saturday evening, President Trump threatened Iran on social media, saying he would "obliterate their various power plants, starting with the biggest one first," if the Strait of Hormuz was not fully reopened within 48 hours. He later extended his deadline by five days following Iranian threats to destroy essential infrastructure, including energy and water systems, across the Gulf. Iran has denied reports of direct or indirect talks with the U.S.
If Iran can keep the Strait of Hormuz closed and "hold Washington to ransom," it will have significant leverage, says Alfred McCoy, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "In a strategic analysis, Iran right now is in the dominant position."
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