Source: Liberal Currents
by Joseph Stieb
“The case against the current war with Iran is so overwhelming as to hardly need articulation. The war is illegal, unprovoked, unethical, strategically blinkered, and likely to further destabilize the region. … Nonetheless, many Democrats and liberal commentators have adopted a feckless, procedural critique of Trump’s aggression. … These criticisms (if they even merit that term) are narrow, tactical, and counter-productive. They imagine that a reasonable, justifiable war with Iran exists somewhere in space, waiting to be articulated. They entertain the fantasy that there’s a reasonable version of Trump capable of thinking through such an operation. Finally, they cede the rhetorical ground to Trump by admitting that one could wage unprovoked war on Iran ‘the right way’ with better planning, multi-lateral support, and a smarter communications strategy. Check these boxes, the critics imply, and Trump’s war might be justified.” (03/01/26)