{"id":47539,"date":"2026-04-07T11:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=47539"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:26:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:26:48","slug":"statement-of-major-general-ret-paul-d-eaton-on-trumps-threat-to-wipe-out-a-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/statement-of-major-general-ret-paul-d-eaton-on-trumps-threat-to-wipe-out-a-civilization\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton on Trump\u2019s Threat to Wipe Out a Civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>April 7, 2026 (VoteVets.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON, DC&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;The following is the statement of VoteVets senior advisor and former Iraq War Commander, Major General Paul D. Eaton (USA, Ret.) on Donald Trump\u2019s threat to wipe out the civilization in Iran, tonight:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWiping out an entire civilization&nbsp;is the definition of genocide. Any order given to that effect must be refused by every service member up and down the chain&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;period.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis is exactly what senators were talking about when they issued a video saying illegal orders must be refused.&nbsp;Now it may be time for service members to follow their recommendation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"518\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-11.png 518w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-11-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-11-121x150.png 121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Contributed by Adrienne Fong)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 7, 2026 (VoteVets.org) WASHINGTON, DC&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;The following is the statement of VoteVets senior advisor and former Iraq War Commander, Major General Paul D. Eaton (USA, Ret.) on Donald Trump\u2019s threat to wipe out the civilization in Iran, tonight: \u201cWiping out an entire civilization&nbsp;is the definition of genocide. Any order given&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/statement-of-major-general-ret-paul-d-eaton-on-trumps-threat-to-wipe-out-a-civilization\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47539"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47542,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47539\/revisions\/47542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}