Who now would negotiate away a nuclear weapons program?
When Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched their military aggression against Iran on February 28, they appeared convinced that the war would be swift. Netanyahu reportedly assured Washington that the campaign would deliver a decisive strategic victory—one capable of reordering the Middle East and restoring Israel’s battered deterrence.
Joe Kent’s resignation is not an anomaly but an alarm: elite dissent is surfacing early because this war is built on deception. Joe Kent’s resignation is shocking, but not for the obvious reason. It is not shocking simply because it comes from within the Trump administration. Any administration of that size, stretching across thousands of officials, operatives and career personnel, will contain people who, despite the surrounding culture, still draw moral lines of their own.
John Mearsheimer details how the American Empire stumbled into one of its largest strategic blunders, and what the effects of it all might entail for the rest of the world.
Big Pentagon contractors like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman saw billions added to their market value
We had many interesting stories of our own in Nigeria last week, which were worth commenting on, but going into the weekend, they were all dwarfed by the international story of the US/Israeli attack on Iran and the killing of its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini, along with some other of the country’s leaders.
The United States and Israel have launched an unprovoked war against Iran in flagrant violation of Article 2(4) of the Charter, without authorisation from the Security Council, and without any legitimate claim of self-defence under Article 51. They are trying to kill the UN Charter and the international rule of law, but they will fail.
At best, the DCA agreement is ambiguous. A small state should not enter into such agreements with a superpower, as they open the door to US interpretations and dominance.
