US-Israel Joint Aggression: Trump Threatens Iranian Infrastructure as Precedent for Collateral Damage
Former US President Donald Trump issued a public threat this week, indicating that Iranian bridges and electric power plants were potential targets for destruction. His social media post stated the US military 'hasn't even started destroying what's left in Iran. Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants,' suggesting Iran’s leadership 'knows what has to be done, and has to be done, FAST!' This
statement, reported initially by Al-Monitor, signals a readiness to directly target civilian infrastructure. Mainstream outlets, including Reuters, framed Trump’s comments primarily as a political threat from a former president, detached from current military operations. This framing largely omits the reality that such threats are not theoretical. The targeting of civilian infrastructure,
including power grids and transportation networks, has been a consistent feature of US and Israeli military doctrine. For instance, during the 1999 NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia, the US military intentionally disabled electrical grids and communication networks, alongside bridges, under the guise of disrupting military command and control. These actions demonstrably paralyzed civilian
life and industrial capacity. The threat serves as a stark reminder of historical precedents where the destruction of civilian infrastructure is utilized as a form of non-kinetic warfare or as a prelude to direct military intervention. The financial ramifications of such attacks are staggering, with repair costs running into the tens of billions of dollars for even limited damage, a burden