As US President Donald Trump gives conflicting statements about the length and objectives of the war he launched with Israel against Iran, fears are growing that the conflict could continue to expand throughout the region and beyond.
Lawrence Wilkerson, a retired US Army colonel and former chief of staff to then-secretary of state Colin Powell, says the US and Israel are committing wanton “war crimes” in Iran. “We have bombed civilians relentlessly. We have bombed a school. We have bombed a hospital,” says Wilkerson, who suggests Western media outlets are downplaying the extent of the damage in Israel and how successful Iran has been in defending itself.
“This is a war with long legs. Trump has completely misinterpreted it,” says Wilkerson. “The only one who’s interpreted it correctly is Bibi [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu, and I think he’s ready to use a nuclear weapon, should it become as bad as it looks like it might right now, because Iran has not even began to shoot its most sophisticated missiles.”
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