Here's what you should know: Our mainstream media has kept too many ignorant about U.S.-Iran relations and what we have done overseas for too long. Americans must begin the path to critical thinking.
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Summary
President Trump’s sudden “Operation Midnight Hammer” strike on three Iranian nuclear sites marks the latest chapter in a long history of U.S. wars launched on shaky pretexts. Intelligence assessments still find no active Iranian bomb program, yet the administration insists the raids were indispensable. Progressive critics argue the attack endangers U.S. troops, ignores far deadlier Western-led wars, and deflects attention from diplomatic solutions.
- Trump acted without congressional authorization, repeating the Vietnam-to-Iraq pattern of “bomb first, justify later.”
- U.S. intelligence continues to assess that Tehran halted its weapons program in 2003 and has not restarted it.
- The Costs of War project records over 500,000 Iraqi deaths alongside 4,400 U.S. fatalities—figures dwarfing any violence linked to Iran.
- Israel, the region’s only (undeclared) nuclear-armed state, retains an estimated 80-200 warheads and remains outside the NPT, highlighting Washington’s double standard.
- Sen. Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation to deny funds for Trump’s raids, calling the official narrative “another mountain of lies.”
The strike advances no security goal; instead, it emboldens hard-liners in Tehran, risks regional conflagration, and squanders resources needed at home. A movement that values diplomacy over domination must stop this reckless march to war.
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