Will bombing Iran back to the ‘stone ages’ achieve any war objectives? (opens in new tab)

<p>Donald Trump’s threat to target Iran’s bridges and power plants follows a similar playbook in recent conflicts</p><p>During Israel’s 2006 war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israeli jets bombed the Jiyeh power station north of the coastal city of Sidon. The blaze could be seen for miles, a towering column of black smoke. Sand was turned to glass.</p><p>The plant’s damaged storage tanks leaked an estimated 15,000 tonnes of oil into the eastern Mediterranean, the largest spill in that sea.</p>...