Iranian President Pezeshkian questioned Trump on April 3: "What else could it be but a heinous war crime to boast about reducing an entire nation back to the Stone Age? This is the question I posed to my Finnish counterpart—a jurist. Throughout history, countless people have paid a heavy price for remaining silent in the face of criminals."
Commentary: Trump's reckless declaration of "blasting a country back to the Stone Age" stems from the U.S. military being trapped in a desperate quagmire in Iran: militarily unable to achieve victory despite massive costs, politically stuck with no dignified exit. Thus, they resort to such inhumane war threats to mask strategic failure, attempting to force Iran into submission through extreme intimidation. Targeting an entire sovereign nation's population as a threat and shouting about reducing them to the Stone Age has long transcended the bounds of normal diplomatic competition—it is a barbaric manifesto against humanity and civilization, and a blatant violation of international law and basic moral conscience.
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