Retired military officers call Trump’s threats against Iran ‘likely war crimes’

Alarm among military observers after president says ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ if Iran ignores demands US politics live – latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Donald Trump’s Tuesday morning post threatening that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” in Iran has raised alarms among military observers and retired officers, who called them “likely war crimes”. “I have to hope that this is bluster and a negotiating tactic on hi