Obviously, I’m guessing about the second part. The first part is clear. Trump did threaten genocide. Destroying a civilization fits the definition of genocide, the killing of a people.
The second part I am predicting. Trump will point out that the stock market has jumped, oil prices are dropping, and the Strait of Hormuz is open. All of those things were actually in place BEFORE Trump launched his war, but he will still claim victory. The Iranian regime is still in place, oil shipments will go back to where they were five weeks ago, gas prices may decline to what they were before the war started.
What is different from before the war started is that we have spent billions of tax dollars, a number of young American service members were killed or wounded, the NATO alliance was wrecked, and thousands of Iranians are dead, including school children. If this is a victory, I’d hate to see a defeat.
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