"Time for bridge and powerplant day! A whole civilization dies tonight!"

That’s fair as a very troubling threat. So far it hasn’t materialized. Seems to be the boy who cried wolf.

I think you picked the wrong analogy. The US threatened unjustifiable acts targeting civilian population & infrastructure, and to a degree has followed through - for example bombing water facilities: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/us-bombs-iran-w...

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