Climate activist Greta Thunberg slams Trump’s threats against Iran

Polls have found that young people in the United States are more sceptical of foreign intervention and war on Iran.For much of Tuesday, it was unclear whether the United States would be launching a full-scale attack on Iran’s civilian infrastructure.But US President Donald Trump’s threat against Iran – that “a whole civilization will die tonight” – prompted condemnation from one of Generation Z’s most prominent activists.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘No end in sight’ if Trump acts on threat to destroy Iran infrastructurelist 2 of 3British police detain Greta Thunberg at pro-Palestinian protest in Londonlist 3 of 3Israel deports Greta Thunberg and other Gaza flotilla activistsend of listSwedish advocate Greta Thunberg expressed dismay at what she described as a muted public reaction to Trump’s threat.Known for her activism on issues such as climate change and Gaza, Thunberg linked Trump’s comments to wider questions of passivity in the face of war crimes.“The president of the United States just said that a whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Thunberg said in an Instagram video on Tuesday, shortly before a ceasefire was announced.“And no one is reacting. This speaks for itself. What the f*** is anyone even doing at this point?”She called on her viewers to stop such rhetoric from becoming the status quo.“We have normalised genocide, total annihilation of entire people, the systematic destruction of the biosphere which we are all depending on to survive, and that corrupt, racist war criminals can act with complete impunity,” she said.“But even though we have allowed far too much so far, it is not too late to say stop.”Experts have noted a generational divide among perspectives about the US and Israeli war against Iran.In the US, polls have found that young people are more likely to express scepticism about the war, as well as support for Israel and US intervention more broadly.Scepticism about interventionGen Z would not be the first generation to oppose a war that their elders had a greater tolerance for.