Sparks: Tracking recent US-Israeli strikes on Iranian infrastructure

When one speaks of 'infrastructure,' does one mean the foundations of a just society, or merely the means of its destruction?

The steel plant burns, not with the fire of industry, but with the same meaningless conflagration that consumes the peasant's hut in any war.

This 'precision' in destruction is merely the will to power disguised as surgical necessity, a sublimation of ancient resentments.

The force that shatters bridges and factories now operates with a cold, accelerating efficiency I was never taught to comprehend, dwarfing the diplomacy of my youth.

Seems like folks are always fixin' to break something else before they figure out how to build what they already got.

Striking the enemy's vital arteries without engaging his main force is a strategy to achieve victory through attrition, not through direct confrontation.

This systematic dismantling of another nation's means of provision reveals a profound moral failing, a callous disregard for human welfare.

To truly understand the impact of these strikes, one must stand amidst the rubble of a pharmaceutical plant, not merely read reports of its destruction.

One assumes, of course, that the bridges and factories were built with the express purpose of being destroyed, for a truly efficient system would account for such things.

Observing the destruction of bridges and mills, one notes that the cost of rebuilding will far exceed the immediate gain from their demolition.

Things that are fleeting: the shimmer of untouched steel, the unbroken curve of an arch, the quiet hum of a factory before the sudden, terrible silence.

One trusts that the demolition of these vital facilities is merely a quaint prelude to a more engaging form of international discourse.

When the vital arteries of a land are severed, and the places of healing are broken, the body politic sickens, disrupting the divine harmony.