A Bridge Too Far


I do not write because I understand the world.  I write,  because the world is not easily understood.  

 I am extremely uncomfortable with the mere verbalization of this thought:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/15/trump-iran-power-plants-strike-threat-strait-of-hormuz

If we are to deny Iran's citizens of necessary infrastructure, why stop at that?  Maybe we should just poison the water supply too?  sigh

Bombing bridges violates standard conventions associated with war.

https://www.military.com/feature/2026/04/05/bridge-day-and-law-of-armed-conflict-us-obligations-and-limits-of-infrastructure-targeting.html

What if that solitary bridge provides the only access to a children's hospital... a pharmacy... or a student's university?  War is cruel enough, without morphing into deliberate cruelty against the civilian population... who we claim to be trying to save.

Drum roll.

Are we reduced to mechanical vultures haunting the skies in search of civilian corpses?  I hope not. I consider the life blood of the average Iranian as valuable as the blood of an American.  The Christian humanist in me is not against war.  After all, I served as an officer.  But the Christian humanist in me believes the conduction of any war requires wisdom far beyond human capacity; and I like to remember that little thought.

Maybe we should just bomb Iran's secondary overland route while the scuffle continues over the Straitjacket of Hormuz?


And while we are at it - let us remind the average Iranian that we have their best interests at heart: Even if we strip them of electricity... destroy their bridges... and reduce them to desperate animals.

Let me speak simply, because I am a simple person.

This is not right.

Again - I only write, because I do not understand the world.  And it is within the whirl of mystery of lack of understanding, that I pray for wisdom.


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