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Trump’s war on Iran: America’s shame, and the world’s failure

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01.03.2026

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Trump’s war on Iran is America’s shame, and the world’s failure

Trump's attack on Iran is an act of vanity and desperation, fueled by America's collective moral blindness

Published February 28, 2026 3:02PM (EST)

Well, the woke Marxist liberals wouldn’t give him the Nobel Peace Prize, and wouldn’t even let him have Greenland as a treat. So, really, what choice did he have?

The joke isn’t funny, I agree. That’s because it comes too close to the truth. There are various ways to understand the U.S.-Israeli bombing attack on Iran launched on Saturday morning, which according to some reports has killed the Iranian regime’s senior religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. None of them have anything to do with democratic legitimacy or coherent geopolitical strategy. This pseudo-war is based on false or dubious premises, has little or no popular support and professes unclear or unachievable goals.

This disastrous turn of events should shame America, and shame the world. Indeed, it exposes yet again the disgraceful failures of both American politics and global diplomacy, as well as the unrelenting and apparently incurable moral blindness of U.S. foreign policy. Whether “we,” to use an objectionable........

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