Trump has a choice: him or the world; wants way out of war; Security Council blames Iran; Iranian ‘sleeper cells;’ the Pope’s deep sorrow; U.S. bases damaged as reckoning begins; and ‘Nothing Will Remain of Tehran.’
DAYS 11-12: WAR ON IRAN
Category: United Nations
WATCH: UN Security Council Blames Iran
Russia and China failed to veto a resolution that blatantly blamed the victim rather than the aggressor in the war against Iran. Joe Lauria reports.
‘It Was More Fun’ to Kill Than Capture Iranians
The U.S. president said a military official told him it was “more fun” to kill rather than capture more than 100 Iranian sailors in the Indian Ocean who had just finished a training session. U.S. forces made no rescue effort.
Vijay Prashad: The Nuclear Deception
There are no nuclear weapons in Iran. To go to war on that pretext is for Trump to follow the example of George W. Bush and his “weapons of mass destruction” in Iraq. Where were those weapons? In his imagination.
Other Avenues to Try, to Stop the War on Iran
A “Uniting for Peace” resolution in the U.N. General Assembly can counter the Security Council’s failure to act, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Melania Trump’s Hypocrisy at the UN
As the U.S. and Israel kill Middle East children, including 165 schoolgirls in Iran, a U.N. diplomat said the first lady running a meeting on children in conflict was a high point of hypocrisy in U.N. history.
Trump Made No Case for War on Iran
The case for each U.S. war in the Middle East over the past 35 years has had progressively weaker rationale and international support. The aggression against Iran launched Saturday has almost none of either, writes Joe Lauria.
WATCH: The World This Week — Aggression on Iran
Scott Ritter joins The World This Week to discuss the U.S. and Israel’s war of aggression to overthrow the Iranian government with no credible rationale or legal authority, unleashing a conflagration that could alter history.
WATCH: UN Security Council Debates Attack on Iran
The 15-member United Nations Security Council was in emergency session Saturday after the U.S. and Israeli unprovoked attack on Iran.
Trump’s Cruelty Is Strangling Cuba
Oil shipments to Cuba have virtually stopped, writes Marjorie Cohn. Lack of electricity has led to widespread blackouts, impacting hospitals and essential services. Cuba’s oil reserves could be totally depleted by March.