U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post this morning that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again," as his threatened attacks on Iranian infrastructure loom ahead of an 8 p.m. ET deadline.
Iran has rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and says it wants a permanent end to the war.
UN Secretary General António Guterres warned the U.S. that attacking civilian infrastructure is banned under international law.
The death toll so far includes more than 1,900 people in Iran, 1,400 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel, about two dozen in other countries in the region, 13 U.S. service members and 11 Israeli soldiers.
The TruthSocial Post:
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116363336033995961
UPDATE (5:32 PM EST / UTC-04:00):
Motherfucking TACO Tuesday.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116365796713313030
I've been saying that things like this have been becoming more and more likely for over a decade now, and most of the people who used to be in my life just kept calling me literally insane.
Then, 90% of what I kept telling people would probably happen, happens, within +/- 1 to 2 years of when it does happen.
Not trying to gloat, no point in being the most smug pile of ashes...
I'm just trying to say that the surreality of it... its something I've gotten used to.
This is what a society becoming fascist/complacent/exhausted is like.
Everyone does some combination of screaming and also nothing that actually changes anything... seemingly already resigned to just be fucked by fate itself, unable to avoid the inevitable.
I just revel in the hypocrisy now, and imagine myself as something like Diogenes, perhaps.
USA: Cause of Death: Normalcy Bias.
Oh well, I really did try.
Hopefully he bitches out, or strokes out, but if he doesn't, I'm about as ready as I can be for Fallout 5, IRL edition.