{"id":59670,"date":"2026-06-11T12:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=59670"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T20:20:12","slug":"the-war-against-iran-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/11\/the-war-against-iran-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"The War Against Iran Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Reprinted from <a href=\"https:\/\/bracingviews.substack.com\/\">Bracing Views<\/a> with the author\u2019s permission.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"header-anchor-post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/7KdTL\"><strong>Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if the U.S. intentionally struck the facility or knew what it was. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p>America\u2019s leaders are always boasting of precision weaponry. Yet the <em>NYT<\/em> suggests that a precision strike against an Iranian water facility was possibly unintentional, an accident, I guess. Since an intentional strike against critical infrastructure (you can\u2019t get more critical than potable water) for civilians would constitute a war crime \u2013 and obviously America would never do that!<\/p>\n<p>Even asking that question, self-styled Secretary of War Pete Hegseth bloviated, is both \u201cdisingenuous\u201d and \u201cimpugning\u201d the motives of America\u2019s military professionals.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WOEUTaDrG8o?si=VkDGs4UYfWeSdeZH\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t have reporters asking questions that might impugn the motives of our brave leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth seems to enjoy himself the most when he\u2019s attacking the media for their lack of faith in him.<\/p>\n<p>The Iran War, yet another disastrous war for the American people (and of course even more so for Iranians), may continue until President Trump\u2019s morale improves. And that may prove to be a very long time. Remember when Hegseth suggested that the war would last eight weeks at most? It\u2019s already roughly double that with no end in sight.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranwarclock.com\/\">Iran War Clock<\/a>. And the war clock keeps ticking\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author\u2019s permission. Analysis of Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility It is unclear if the U.S. intentionally struck the facility or knew what it was. Deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime. ***** America\u2019s leaders are always boasting of precision weaponry. 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