ya but you did not read it that way because you are stupid.
Trump is crystal clear and there is no other way to read it. For a 'whole civilization' to "die tonight" means not just the military but the ENTIRE SOCIETY.
You cannot kill the entire American civilization by striking military targets only as most people do not live on military sites.
Similar, despite you clearly not knowing, MOST of the civilization in Iran DOES NOT live in the bigger cities bombed already. They are out in more rural communities disconnected from the war so NO, most of their civilization is not gone already.