I said on 6/1/26 that actions the USA government takes against its own population are for United Statesians to consider, and to then react to at the ballot box as they see fit, and I do not comment on that.
However, the USA continues to take international actions that put the whole world at risk, destroying infrastructure, killing civilians and harming the global economy – and we all should be commenting on that. In its latest move, and without looking at domestic USA politics, it is hard to understand why the United Statesians have now decided to go to war with Iran. Donald Trump has said this was because:
- Iran posed a nuclear and missile threat, and diplomacy had failed.
– see https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10521/
- and Iran was “going to attack first” (but no intelligence has been given as evidence for that claim).
– see https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-politics/trump-administration-backs-away-from-its-own-remarks-suggesting-israel-pushed-it-into-starting-war-with-iran/news-story/939fc785c10c2a0062f3c9c58d4dab2b
However, Iran had been complying with the 2015 nuclear agreement signed by the USA’s Obama Administration (and others) , called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – see https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/statements/atoms-for-peace-and-development-1-may-2018
Donald Trump’s government withdrew from that agreement in 2018. Iran then continued to comply with it for a while, until it then started to breach some of the limits, like Uranium enrichment levels, for example.
Subsequent United Statesian diplomacy included using sanctions intended to exert “maximum pressure” on the Iranian regime from 2018, and limited attempts for talks up to 2020.
I can’t find any other reports of nuclear diplomacy from the USA to Iran since 2020.
So what had changed by Feb ‘26, resulting in massive attacks on Iran by the USA and Israel? – Nothing much, or so it seems… so we’re left with the domestic question…
Is the war with Iran simply an accelerating cycle of militant aggressiveness from the USA, intended to distract attention from domestic cases like the ‘Epstein files‘?
Is “Big Oil” a driver as well? As it may also have been with Venezuela?
The UK, under No-Idea-Kier’s leadership, managed to initially refuse to allow the USA to use its airfields in the attacks on Iran. The right decision for probably the wrong reason, followed by definitely the wrong decision to let them be used for “defensive attacks” in the future. Spain have refused any use of their bases, and the EU are (maybe reluctantly) supporting their right to do that… what a world.
Lee J. Russell, Author 