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The Human Cost of the Iran War
The U.S. struck a wedding in Kuhestak, Iran in the latest round of strikes in the president’s criminal war: Around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the wedding was struck by a bomb that, according to a weapons expert and a visual analysis by The New York Times, had been released by American forces as they carried out intense attacks in southern Iran.
A Murder Spree Without End
It bears repeating that everyone killed in these boat strikes is a murder victim. by | Aug 10, 2026 | News | Some of the more than 220 people murdered by our government at sea were likely not involved in drug trafficking at all: The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House on Monday, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
Hawks Whitewash Graham’s Ghoulish Record
The truth is that he was addicted to the use of U.S. military and economic power to inflict pain and death on other parts of the world, and he delighted in the wars he helped to start. by | Aug 6, 2026 | News | The Wall Street Journal predictably whitewashes Lindsey Graham’s monstrous foreign policy record: But his memory shouldn’t pass without recalling the principles he fought for. Above all, he believed that America is a force for good in the world.
Trump’s Saudi Deal Is a Terrible Idea
Trump’s agreement undermines our government’s commitment to nonproliferation, and it rewards one of the worst governments in the world with advanced nuclear technology.
Lindsey Graham and Our Vile Pro-War Culture
by | Jul 12, 2026 | News | Sen. Lindsey Graham, the arch-warmonger from South Carolina, has died. He leaves behind a legacy of death, destruction, and massive human suffering. Graham cheered on every foreign war and every sanctions regime for at least the last thirty years, and he was among the loudest advocates for the criminal attack on Iran. He finally got that one last evil war that he wanted before the end.
War Isn’t Won on ‘Points’
The ghouls that cheered this war on treat war as if it were a video game where you get more “points” with every person you kill or maim. by | Jun 23, 2026 | News | Matt Kroenig has wanted the U.S. to attack Iran for more than a decade. Now that he got the war he wanted and it failed, he is reduced to arguing this: To be sure, the United States did not register a knockout punch against the Islamic Republic, but to continue the boxing metaphor, it did win on points.
Stop the Unhinged Threats Against Oman
Oman is much more valuable to the United States as a neutral country that can act as a bridge between the two sides. by | Jun 3, 2026 | News | The Trump administration continues to threaten Oman over its role as a trusted mediator with Iran: Three months later, that neutral stance is beginning to backfire.
Escalation in Iran Would Be Madness
The people urging the U.S. to escalate are fanatics and ideologues who just want to see Iran in ruins no matter what it takes. by | May 18, 2026 | News | Seth Cropsey makes another deranged appeal for escalation against Iran: Mr. Trump’s objective shouldn’t be to bluff the Iranians out. Instead it should be to demonstrate that if push comes to shove, the U.S. will commit to an overwhelming confrontation that breaks the Iranian state economically and politically.
Trump's 'Unacceptable' Answer
The president curtly rejected another Iranian proposal yesterday: President Trump on Sunday rejected the latest offer from Iran to end the war with the United States, declaring that it was “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.” As many observers now acknowledge, the U.S. has lost the war. Trump cannot bring himself to accept that he is responsible for that defeat.
It’s Time for the US to Acknowledge Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal
Israel never joined the Non-Proliferation Treaty and over the decades it has developed a significant nuclear arsenal.
Daniel Larison on Two Months of Senseless, Unnecessary War
45 million people will be at risk of acute hunger if this keeps going into June. by | Apr 29, 2026 | News | 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 region and the global economy.
The Mindless Hawkishness of the Trump Administration
Like every mindless hawk before them, they believe that they will win if they just inflict more pain. by | Apr 23, 2026 | News | 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.
A Very Tenuous 'Ceasefire'
There appears to be a very tenuous ceasefire in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran: The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan, suspending a six-week-old war that has killed thousands, spread across the Middle East and caused unprecedented disruption to the world's energy supplies. If the war of aggression against Iran has truly ended, that is good news. I hope that the ceasefire becomes the basis of a more durable peace.
Trump’s Monstrous Threats Against the Iranian People
It is not an exaggeration to say that the president is threatening genocidal violence against the people of Iran by | Apr 7, 2026 | News | 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 media post.
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.
Defund the War - Antiwar.com Blog
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 for the war and hold hearings to fully explore the actions, objectives and strategies of the administration in taking military action.
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 that came barely a day after he talked about “winding down” the war. Threatening to damage or destroy power generation for the entire country is outrageous.
Not One Dime for Aggression
by | Mar 19, 2026 | News | 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.
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. by | Mar 17, 2026 | News | 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 years.
No One Wants to Join the President's Criminal War
The president is desperate for other governments to clean up the disaster he created: “It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there,” Trump said, arguing that Europe and China are heavily dependent on oil from the Gulf, unlike the US. “If there’s no response or if it’s a negative response I think it will be very bad for the future of Nato,” he added.
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 depots caused fires to burn for hours.
The Poisoning of Tehran
The U.S. and Israel are inflicting monstrous collective punishment on one of the largest cities in the world in a war they started. by | Mar 9, 2026 | News | 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 depots caused fires to burn for hours.
Trump Starts His Criminal War of Aggression
The president and the Israeli prime minister launched a criminal war of aggression yesterday: The U.S. and Israel said they launched an attack on Iran, which retaliated with strikes on Israel and targeted U.S. bases. President Trump confirmed major combat operations against the regime, and urged Iranians to “take over your government” as the strikes continued. The U.S. has waged many stupid wars of choice, but this stands out as one of the most senseless we have ever seen.
Attacking Iran Would Be Monstrous
The U.S. isn’t going abroad in a search for monsters to destroy. The U.S. has taken the monster’s part. by | Feb 19, 2026 | News | The Financial Times’ report on the approaching U.S. attack on Iran opens with this line: As oil prices surge and Donald Trump orders one of the largest American military build-ups in the Middle East since the Iraq war, negotiations between the US and Iran increasingly resemble a race against time to avert a new regional conflict [bold mine-DL].
There Is No 'Right' Way To Pursue Regime Change
The U.S. should not be doing any of this. by | Feb 3, 2026 | News | Ilan Goldenberg and Nate Swanson make their case for regime change in Iran done the “right” way. This part stood out to me for its sheer incoherence: Washington should also support the Iranian opposition carefully and patiently.
Greenland Is Not 'Our Territory' and It Never Will Be
The president is driven by nothing but gnawing greed. by | Jan 22, 2026 | News | The president’s insane Greenland obsession won’t die: President Trump called for negotiations for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, saying it was vital to secure North America. The U.S. has never needed to own Greenland to secure North America, and there is nothing to negotiate. Greenland is not “our territory,” it never has been, and it never will be if the people of Greenland have anything to say about it.
The Consequences of Another US Attack on Iran
If the U.S. attacked again less than a year later, it would show that our government likes to commit criminal aggression against other states. by | Jan 13, 2026 | News | Hal Brands makes a bizarre comment in a bad column about a possible attack on Iran: Helping Iranian protesters prevail would show that the pursuit of nuclear weapons endangers rather than strengthens rogue regimes. Bombing Iran in response to a crackdown on protesters shows nothing of the kind.
Trump's Threat to 'Rescue' Iranian Protesters Is Reckless
The last thing that protesters in Iran need are threats of intervention from the U.S. government. by | Jan 4, 2026 | News | The president starts off the new year with more threats against Iran: Donald Trump has warned Iran that the US will come to the “rescue” of protesters if Tehran responds violently to the largest nationwide demonstrations the Islamic republic has faced in several years.
Trump Can't Keep Quiet About the CIA Attack in Venezuela
The president boasted last week about a covert attack on Venezuelan territory that took place earlier this month. The Wall Street Journal reports: Trump’s willingness to disclose the activities of the CIA without naming the agency is far different from the practices of most other presidents, who have for decades rarely mentioned drone strikes and other secret operations it has conducted. Use of the CIA is often intended to sidestep debate about using legally questionable methods abroad.
The U.S. Doesn't Need More Security Commitments
The Trump administration has said it would offer a temporary security guarantee to Ukraine, but the Ukrainian government wants it to last much longer: The US has offered Ukraine a 15-year security guarantee, but Kyiv wants a period three times as long to deter future Russian aggression, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday. The U.S. should not give Ukraine a security guarantee for any length of time.
The President's Murder Spree Claims Eight More Victims
U.S. forces have deliberately killed 95 civilians at sea in the last three months. by | Dec 16, 2025 | News | The military has murdered eight more people on the president’s illegal orders: The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny over the boat strikes is intensifying in Congress. U.S. forces have deliberately killed 95 civilians at sea in the last three months.
The Crude Imperialism of the 'Trump Corollary'
The Trump administration released its National Security Strategy (NSS) last week. There is limited value in trying to make sense of Trump’s foreign policy by looking at strategy documents when the president largely just makes things up as he goes and often makes policy decisions for arbitrary and irrational reasons. The only real value that the NSS has this year is that it tells us how the administration is justifying the president’s ad hoc interventions around the world.
There Is No 'Axis of Authoritarianism'
The “allies” are on the sidelines because they were never allies. by | Dec 6, 2025 | News | No other governments are coming to aid Venezuela because the “axis of authoritarianism” is nonsense promoted by lazy Western analysts: Russia, China, Cuba, Iran and other anti-American powers are offering little more than words of support for Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro as he faces a U.S. military buildup that President Trump has said is aimed at forcing his ouster.
Venezuela and Trump's Throwback Imperialism
Overthrowing the government of a much weaker country so that the U.S. can exploit that country’s resources is what he thinks the U.S. should have always been doing. by | Nov 25, 2025 | News | Michelle Goldberg discusses the bizarre buildup to a U.S. attack on Venezuela: To hear the administration tell it, our hostilities with Venezuela are largely about the country’s role in drug trafficking.
Trump's Saudi First Foreign Policy Continues
by | Nov 17, 2025 | News | The president is continuing his Saudi First foreign policy: When Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives at the White House on Tuesday, it will mark the first such visit since he was implicated in the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018. And he will be feted as one of the United States’s closest allies, expected to receive significant economic and national security wins.
The President's Murder Spree Continues
The U.S. military has murdered more than 70 people in the Caribbean and the Pacific over the last two months. by | Nov 10, 2025 | News | The Trump administration murdered six more civilians in the Pacific: The United States struck two alleged drug-carrying vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Sunday, killing six people on board, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday, as calls mounted for investigations into the strikes.
The President's Bogus Crusade
The president is not an emperor with a responsibility to protect Christians in other lands. by | Nov 6, 2025 | News | The president repeated his threats against Nigeria yesterday: I’m hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our cherished Christians. These are cherished people, these are great people – leave them alone.
Stay Out of Nigeria
Trump is misrepresenting what is happening in Nigeria, but U.S. military intervention in Nigeria for any reason makes no sense. by | Nov 5, 2025 | News | The president has begun talking about launching attacks on targets in Nigeria: And on Sunday, Trump reiterated that his country could deploy troops to Nigeria or carry out airstrikes to stop the alleged killings. “They’re killing record numbers of Christians in Nigeria. They’re killing the Christians and killing them in very large numbers.
The Public Is Souring on Trump's Militarism
There is some good news: the public is turning against Trump’s boat attacks and possible military intervention in Venezuela. YouGov reported the results of a new survey: Americans are more likely to oppose than to support military strikes on Venezuelan ships and on land targets. Most Americans would oppose a military invasion of Venezuela. More Americans would oppose than support using military force to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro or conducting covert CIA operations in Venezuela.
The Coming War with Venezuela
The Miami Herald reports that the president has decided to order attacks inside Venezuela: The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald, as the U.S. prepares to initiate the next stage of its campaign against the Soles drug cartel. An attack on Venezuela is completely unjustified and illegal.
The Regime Changers Work for the President
by | Oct 29, 2025 | News | Juan David Rojas comments on the Trump administration’s regime change policy in Venezuela: The regime-change faction, in other words, has got the upper hand. But how? Blame the regime-change capital of the Americas, Miami, and its native son, Marco Rubio. It is true that Rubio has been the driving force behind Trump’s aggressive Venezuela policy in the second term just as he was in the first.
The President's Murder Spree Claims 14 More Victims
The military is using the tactics of authoritarian regimes and applying them on the open seas and perhaps soon to the territory of other countries. by | Oct 28, 2025 | News | The death toll from the president’s murder spree has now risen to 57 with the latest attacks: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. military carried out three strikes Monday in the waters of the Eastern Pacific against boats suspected of carrying drugs, killing 14 and leaving one survivor.
The President's Murder Spree Expands to the Pacific
Trump has had five more civilians murdered on his orders, this time on boats in the Pacific: The U.S. has struck two alleged drug vessels on the Pacific side of Latin America over the last two days, killing five people, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed Wednesday. The U.S. military has now killed at least 37 people that we know of as part of the president’s ongoing and expanding murder spree.
Trump, the Murderer-in-Chief
The far more accurate description of what he does with U.S. power in the world is murderer-in-chief. by | Oct 14, 2025 | News | Greg Grandin denounces the president’s murder spree: But drug interdiction isn’t the real point here.
A Strange Choice for the Peace Prize
The leader of the Venezuelan opposition was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” Giving the Nobel Peace Prize to Machado makes a kind of sense if the goal is to make a statement against authoritarian rulers, but in the context of rising...
There Is No 'Imminent' Threat from Cartels
The administration is dropping the pretense that it has any interest in a diplomatic solution with Venezuela: President Trump has called off efforts to reach a diplomatic agreement with Venezuela, according to U.S. officials, paving the way for a potential military escalation against drug traffickers or the government of Nicolás Maduro. Trump’s sporadic engagement with the Venezuelan government was never serious.
End the President's Caribbean Murder Spree
The president is openly trampling on U.S. and international law and killing people because he feels like it. by | Oct 6, 2025 | News | W.J. Hennigan makes the mistake of accepting Trump’s framing of his Caribbean murder spree as an armed conflict: The Trump administration told Congress this week that the United States is engaged in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels. The average American knows vanishingly little about what its government seeks to accomplish in this fight.
Trump Fabricates a War to Cover Up Murder
The president made up some more lies about his murder spree in the Caribbean. by | Oct 4, 2025 | News | The president made up some more lies about his murder spree in the Caribbean: President Trump has decided that the United States is engaged in a formal “armed conflict” with drug cartels his team has labeled terrorist organizations and that suspected smugglers for such groups are “unlawful combatants,” the administration said in a confidential notice to Congress this week.
The Secretary of War Crimes
When the civilian at the head of the Department of Defense is a public cheerleader for war crimes, that sends a message to everyone in the military that similar conduct won’t be punished.
Congress Must Not Rubber Stamp Trump's Murder Spree
Congress can’t give the president the authority to murder civilians.
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