Hormuz Airstrikes Continue

American deaths and injuries show that the Iran war is imposing a rising human cost even without a large ground campaign. Trump and the Pentagon have minimized, politicized, or obscured those casualties, and they owe the public a truthful explanation.

The U.S.-Iran ceasefire and diplomatic framework have effectively collapsed, returning both countries to an active and open-ended war. Escalation over Hormuz, red lines, sanctions, and renewed strikes is pushing the conflict toward a wider regional war with no clear route to settlement.

Washington is moving toward more extreme forms of escalation, including possible ground troops and attacks or threats against Iranian infrastructure. Targeting power plants, bridges, ports, or civilian infrastructure would endanger civilians, widen the conflict, and may amount to war crimes.

U.S. strikes on Iran and the IRGC are justified because Iran’s regime killed American service members and continues to act as a terrorist threat. American forces are successfully punishing legitimate Iranian targets and showing that the blockade and military campaign will be enforced.