Trump team's Iran war rhetoric fuels backlash

From Trump joking that it was "more fun" to sink Iranian warships than capture them, to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasting that US forces were "punching them while they're down," critics say the administration's messaging -- reveling in the destructive power of the US military -- has been jarring. Professor Rachel VanLandingham, a retired Air Force judge advocate who teaches the law of war, said the tone amounted to a "crass trivialization" of combat operations that suggested a "bloodthirsty"...