Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison
“The U.S. launched an unprovoked, illegal attack on Iran on Saturday. The president had no authority to order this attack, and in ordering this act of criminal aggression against another country he has violated both the Constitution and the UN Charter. Trump followed through on his insane threat to bomb a country whose government had been trying to negotiate a reasonable compromise on the nuclear issue. Whatever else happens, Trump’s decision to attack will live in infamy. … The region is now much worse off than it was just a few weeks ago, and that is entirely the fault of the U.S. and Israeli governments. U.S. interests have been damaged, and the only question is how bad the damage will be. As if that weren’t bad enough, the president has done all this to benefit a reckless client state at the same time that it commits a genocide in Gaza.” (06/23/25)