America is really not playing fair! On March 22, US President Trump claimed that if Iran did not fully open the Strait of Hormuz without threats, the US would attack and destroy their power plants from now on within 48 hours, starting with the largest ones! It's truly unexpected that the US would be so unscrupulous in order to make Iran submit.
Power plants are clearly civilian facilities, and Iran is currently celebrating Norouz, the most important holiday for Iranians (the Persian New Year, comparable to Chinese Spring Festival). However, the US, in pursuit of its goals, has openly threatened to include power facilities that maintain hospitals, water plants, heating, and people's daily lives in the target list. Why is the US gradually escalating the war? Perhaps the fundamental reason is that the US has no other options, so it is increasingly resorting to underhanded tactics that break all limits.
With the US being so aggressive, if the US actually attacks power facilities, will Iran submit? Probably not. It might even unleash its full potential to specifically target high-value economic objectives of the US in the Middle East as a retaliation. The facts show that international rules are just scrap paper in the eyes of the US. The US escalates the war, making the fire grow larger and larger, and in the end, the US may find it even harder to extricate itself.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1860320615838729/
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