Trump's threat raises risks and leaves predicaments unchanged

Trump's threat to strike Iranian cultural sites escalates a war of wills, testing Tehran's resilience against Washington's tolerance for conflict. | Contesto: cronaca

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• Trump's threat raises risks and leaves predicaments unchanged

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President Donald Trump has dramatically escalated the stakes of the simmering Middle East conflict by explicitly threatening to target Iranian cultural sites if Tehran retaliates for the U.S. killing of General Qasem Soleimani. The declaration, made via social media and subsequent White House remarks, transforms the immediate crisis into a profound test of wills, pitting Iran's capacity to absorb military and economic strikes against the Trump administration's tolerance for the political and human costs of a widening war. The threat to destroy sites "important to Iran & the Iranian culture" marks a significant and controversial hardening of the U.S. position. It follows days of tense uncertainty after a U.S. drone strike eliminated Soleimani, the powerful head of Iran's Quds Force, at Baghdad's international airport. While U.S. officials have justified the killing as a defensive act against an imminent threat, the promise to attack cultural heritage shifts the rhetorical battlefield, raising immediate legal and ethical alarms. Such strikes are explicitly prohibited by international treaties, including the 1954 Hague Convention, to which the U.S. is a signatory. Military and foreign policy analysts describe the current impasse as a dangerous waiting game. The core question is no longer solely about the scale of Iran's promised "harsh retaliation," but about the endurance of both regimes. For Iran's leadership, the test is whether its political system and economy can withstand the crushing pressure of maximum U.S. sanctions and potential further military blows. For President Trump, who campaigned on ending "endless wars," the challenge is whether domestic political support will hold if the conflict spirals, resulting in significant American casualties or a prolonged, costly engagement in an election year. The predicament for American allies and strategic partners is acute. European nations, already struggling to salvage the Iran nuclear deal, now face the prospect of being caught between a U.S. action that could constitute a war crime and an Iranian response that might destabilize the entire region. Within the U.S. government, the threat has reportedly caused...

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