Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Paul R Pillar

“Israel’s new war with Iran coupled with slaughter in the Gaza Strip — where Israeli military operations have killed more than 600 Palestinians since a ‘ceasefire’ supposedly went into effect last October, adding to the tens of thousands killed during the previous two years — has diverted attention from events in the West Bank. That diversion is fine with those intent on cementing Israeli control there and continuing the subjugation or displacement of the 3.8 million Palestinians who live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.” (03/03/26)

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-annex-west-bank-2675538521/

Source: Reason
by Damon Root

“President Donald Trump has launched a massive military attack on Iran without first obtaining a declaration of war from Congress. Do Trump’s actions violate the terms of the U.S. Constitution? In a word, yes. The president of the United States has no lawful authority to launch a war absent a congressional declaration of war.” (03/03/26)

https://reason.com/2026/03/03/the-iran-war-is-unconstitutional/

Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman

“One of the reasons to be disturbed by this war is the extraordinary amount of money the U.S. government is either laying out now or will have to lay out in the future to replace the spent munitions. The modern American way of war is extremely capital-intensive, deploying massive amounts of equipment while putting relatively few people in harm’s way. This has been true ever since World War II …. But the U.S. military’s reliance on munitions rather than manpower can create two problems. The first problem is that modern munitions, which are highly sophisticated and complex, can’t be produced on short notice …. The other problem is that U.S.-style war is incredibly expensive — so much so that the cost becomes a serious concern even for a nation as wealthy as America.” (03/03/26)

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/war-is-expensive-for-the-little-people

Source: Libertarian Institute
by José Niño

“When Donald Trump returned to the White House on January 20, 2025, voices suggested his administration might wind down the Ukraine conflict and pursue a foreign policy of restraint. The reality reveals something far different. Trump’s outreach to Russia is not Pat Buchanan style non-interventionism. It is a calculated attempt to use Russia as a geopolitical weapon against China and Iran, rooted in the same manipulative great power politics that has poisoned American foreign policy for generations.” (03/03/26)

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/you-cant-treat-russia-or-china-like-iran

Source: Common Dreams
by Richard Eskow

“When I was small my mother warned me never to approach a sick animal. The dying ones, she said, are the deadliest of all. That hasn’t been my experience; most of the dying creatures I’ve encountered just want a quiet place to pass their final hours. The source of my mother’s anxiety was closer to home than she had yet to recognize, but her fear was palpable. She was haunted by the vision of her curly-haired child falling prey to some sickly, snarling, yellow-eyed feral creature with nothing left to lose. That’s a mother’s worst nightmare. Flash forward to February 28, 2026. Dozens of schoolchildren were reported dead in ‘one of two strikes that appear to have hit schools since US and Israeli warplanes launched their attack on Iran around 10:00 a.m. local time’.” [editor’s note: Fog of war … Still being determined whether the deaths may have come from a misguided Iranian missile – SAT] [editor’s note: Do the people whose kids were murdered by one of two murderous regimes REALLY care which murderous regime it was? – TLK] (03/03/26)

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/israel-us-iran-deadly