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FAQ: Why Is the U.S. Attacking Iran? And What Happens Next?

Mar12

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FAQ: Why Is the U.S. Attacking Iran? And What Happens Next?

Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 21:58 (EET)

Why is the U.S. attacking Iran? President Trump has not given a single, clear purpose for the war. After initially calling for “regime change,” Trump administration officials are mostly downplaying that goal and offering others. On March 2, Pete Hegseth outlined three goals: the destruction of Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal, the destruction of its navy, and eliminating its ability to ever develop a nuclear weapon. Later that day, Trump identified four goals: Hegseth’s three, plus eliminating Iran’s ability to “fund, arm, and direct” regional allies. Marco Rubio, before he briefed Congress on March 2, added the possibility of a U.S. role in shaping a new regime in Iran, saying, “I mean, we might. We’ll see how circumstances play out.” So while it is very difficult to know their actual reasons, some things can be determined. First, the U.S. and Israel share a goal of degrading Tehran’s military capabilities. This means reducing Iran’s ballistic missile and drone arsenals, destroying Iran’s non-military nuclear program to prevent an imagined, future nuclear weapon, and otherwise eliminating Iran’s power as an influential military and political player in the Middle East. Second, this war serves as both a demonstration and a consolidation of Israeli supremacy in the Middle East …read more Source:: Institute for Policy...

It’s Already a World War

Mar12

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It’s Already a World War

Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 20:28 (EET)

World War III will not start with an exchange of nuclear weapons. It won’t ignite from the jostling of great empires. Nor will it result from a single madman (or two) bent on taking over the world. It won’t be any of those things because World War III has already begun. The current global conflagration began not with the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. It began with the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. This blatant land grab was not only a massive war crime. Russian President Vladimir Putin also had another target in mind: the rules-based order. This attack on international law was the Fort Sumter moment for World War III. By invading Ukraine—and then systematically breaking one article of the Geneva Convention after another—Putin effectively seceded from the international community. There have been other major violations of international law since the end of the Cold War, including the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the U.S. drone attacks in various countries, Israel’s multiple incursions into Lebanon, Rwanda’s invasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and so on. But none of these attacks, however abhorrent, challenged the fundamental structure of the rules-based order like Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Putin didn’t try to enlist the UN on his …read more Source:: Institute for Policy...

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A Kumbaya Moment for the Middle East? Hardly.

Oct22

A Kumbaya Moment for the Middle East? Hardly.

Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 18:00 (EET) Section: Institute for Policy Studies (USA)

Israeli soldier patrols in Hebron Market on Sep 09 2009. About 500 stores were closed by military order in the center of Hebron since the outbreak of the Second Intifada in 2000. (Image: ChameleonsEye / Shutterstock) In his new film Taxi, Iranian director Jafar Panahi is having a conversation with his young niece. They’re sitting in the cab...

Is Putin Really as Foolish as We Are?

Oct16

Is Putin Really as Foolish as We Are?

Friday, October 16, 2015 - 16:15 (EET) Section: Institute for Policy Studies (USA)

(Image: Flickr/Republic of Korea) Nixon lied. Surely this is not a shocker. But what’s interesting about the latest revelation concerning Nixon and Vietnam is that the most duplicitous president in U.S. history actually knew that the U.S. air war in Southeast Asia was a dismal failure. Even as Nixon was telling the media that the saturation...