Some members of Congress are finally calling attention to Israel’s illegal nuclear weapons program: A group of House Democrats is urging the Trump administration to publicly acknowledge Israel’s undeclared nuclear weapons program, a move that would abandon decades of...
Daniel Larison on Two Months of Senseless, Unnecessary War
The U.S. and Israel started a senseless, criminal war of aggression against Iran two months ago, and that war set much of the rest of the region on fire. The aggressors failed to achieve anything beyond inflicting death and destruction while causing massive damage to...
The Mindless Hawkishness of the Trump Administration
Gideon Rachman comments on the current state of the Iran war: Escalation is likely because both the US and Iran seem to feel that they can force the other side to crack first. US vice-president JD Vance returned home from failed talks with the Iranians in Pakistan on...
Trump’s Monstrous Threats Against the Iranian People
The president marked Easter with more deranged threats against the country and people of Iran: The US president gave Iran until 8pm eastern time on Tuesday to reopen the crucial shipping lane after earlier threatening to unleash “hell” in an expletive-laden social...
Not One Dime for Aggression
The Pentagon is requesting $200 billion in war funding for the ongoing illegal assault on Iran: The Pentagon has formally moved to secure a staggering $200 billion supplemental budget to sustain ongoing military operations against Iran. According to a report by the...
Defund the War
After a lot of throat clearing, Chuck Hagel and Leon Panetta come up with the wrong answer: There are four actions that Congress should take. It should approve a war powers resolution authorizing the war, take the time to evaluate any request for additional funding...
Attacking Iran’s Power Plants Would Be Despicable
The president threatened Iran with more attacks on their civilian infrastructure today: U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants if Tehran does not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, a dramatic escalation...
Not One Dime for Aggression
The Pentagon is requesting $200 billion in war funding for the ongoing illegal assault on Iran: The Pentagon has formally moved to secure a staggering $200 billion supplemental budget to sustain ongoing military operations against Iran. According to a report by the...
The Iran War’s Terrible Effects
The Iran war is a regional war in a way that previous reckless U.S. interventions were not, and it is having global effects. The Iran war is already wider and more damaging to international peace and security in its first three weeks than the Iraq war was in its early...
The Poisoning of Tehran
The city of Tehran is being poisoned by a toxic cloud of smoke from the Israeli bombing of oil depots: Iran’s capital was engulfed in a cloud of toxic smoke that unleashed black rainfall dozens of miles away on Sunday after overnight Israeli strikes on several fuel...


