I think it is likely that anyone reading this blog posting will be familiar with the following observation: "An Eye For An Eye Makes The Whole World Blind." If that's not true in your case, or if you'd like to refresh your recollection, please click that link. Clicking the link will take you to one of my previous blog postings, dated October 14, 2023.
On March 23, 2026 - yesterday - The Wall Street Journal carried a front page story that reminded me of that "Eye For An Eye..." statement. Here is the headline on that story from yesterday's paper: "Trump, Tehran Exchange Threats." Clicking that link should let you read the entire article. Here is the statement in the article that led me to my keyboard yesterday, and to punching out the blog posting you are reading right here (emphasis added):
Iran said it would target critical infrastructure if President Trump follows through on his weekend threat to “obliterate” the nation’s power plants if Tehran didn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz within days.
The escalating rhetoric set off alarm bells across the Middle East, with oil-exporting Gulf countries saying that Iranian reprisals could further endanger the world economy.
The U.S. president’s threat came in a Saturday evening social-media post.
“If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!” Trump posted.
Tehran said it would respond in kind to any attack on its critical infrastructure. Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi posted on X that the U.S.’s threat raised issues under international law.
“An explicit threat to target power plants and vital infrastructure goes beyond a mere political statement; under international law, it concerns civilian objects,” he wrote, citing principles of international humanitarian law that he said prohibit deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure.
If you are concerned about this exchange of threats - typical of our current president, as he continues to act as if bullying people is the best way to relate - I think you ought to "do something."
What can we all do? Well, how about informing everyone we know - including by alerting our Members of Congress, and by putting out a bulletin on any social media to which we have access - that this kind of threatening, bullying behavior by our current president is, in our opinion, putting all of us in danger, and is totally unacceptable, and must be stopped, forthwith.
And, further, how about urging everyone who sees your message, as you are seeing mine, to take immediate action to do the same thing, immediately, and to make clear that no one purporting to represent the United States of America has been authorized to make any such statements, and that any such person (including our current president) needs to "cut it out quick," lest the whole world go blind, with horrible consequences affecting everyone.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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