There's Absolutely No Justification for Trump's War on Iran | The Walrus

"Reasonable people could imagine potential justifications for war with Iran. Indeed, reasonable people can do little but imagine them: in place of justifications, which require logic and evidence, Trump's administration has offered only scattered impulses, a random misfiring of synapses spoken aloud that occasionally happen to include the word "because.""

"First: "All I want is freedom for the people," Trump told the Washington Post. Certainly, he had his pick of evidence that would show Iranians aren't free, but he declined to call upon any of it. He presented no photographs of body bags containing Iranian protesters; he cited no testimony of survivors who watched their unarmed loved ones gunned down in the streets."

"Within days, Trump and his acolytes claimed that they had never wished to change the regime (they had publicly stated that they wished to change the regime) but also that they had already changed the regime (they had not changed the regime)."

Trump's Iran policy is characterized by the absence of rational justification or coherent strategy. While war with Iran could theoretically be justified, Trump's administration has provided only scattered impulses and contradictory statements rather than logical arguments supported by evidence. Trump claimed to want freedom for Iranians but presented no evidence of Iranian oppression, no plan to liberate them, and no clear military objective. His statements contradicted themselves within days, simultaneously denying and claiming regime change intentions. His justification regarding nuclear weapons development was undermined by earlier claims of destroying Iran's nuclear program. The administration's approach represents a fundamental rejection of reasoned discourse and strategic planning.

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