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President Donald Trump’s recent remarks could signal an upcoming move with “almost unimaginable humanitarian consequences,” political scientist Robert Pape warned Friday. <\/p>\n

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Amid the ongoing and deeply unpopular U.S. war against Iran, Trump told<\/u> Axios on Thursday that he was \u201cclose to making a decision\u201d on launching a \u201cmassive attack,\u201d one \u201cbigger than ever before.\u201d He also said Iran had \u201cnot suffered enough yet,\u201d and noted that the U.S. military was ready to execute Trump\u2019s plan at any moment.<\/p>\n

Pape, a professor of political science and former educator at a U.S. military institution, flagged Trump\u2019s remark regarding Iran having not \u201csuffered enough\u201d as particularly telling given the president\u2019s recent threats<\/u> to destroy civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf mass punishment becomes the next escalation of the war, the obvious place to understand its consequences is Tehran,\u201d Pape wrote in an analysis published Friday on his Substack.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith roughly ten million residents, Tehran is Iran\u2019s political capital, economic center, communications hub, and transportation nexus. If the objective is to impose visible national pain, nowhere else in Iran carries comparable political weight. But, what happens to an entire modern city when the electricity that sustains it suddenly disappears?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Recalling his time instructing officers at the U.S. Air Force\u2019s School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Pape noted how American air strategy over the past several decades has steered away from targeting energy-producing infrastructure. With Trump\u2019s explicit threats to destroy power plants, however, Pape feared that the Trump administration was readying a crippling attack on Iran\u2019s largest city.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe humanitarian consequences are almost unimaginable. The strategic consequences are even more important,\u201d Pape wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cHistory strongly suggests that inflicting massive civilian suffering through electric power targeting rarely produces rapid political capitulation when governments believe their survival is at stake. Instead, punishment tends to deepen popular anger, strengthen elite resolve, and create overwhelming incentives for retaliation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pape continued, \u201cTurning off the lights is easy. Living with what comes next \u2013 for Iranians, Americans, Israelis, and the countries hosting U.S. forces across the region \u2013 is far harder.\u201d<\/p>\n

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