Anne ApplebaumThe American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without public support. Above all it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people, and without a plan to let them build a legitimate Iranian state.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/2/26/epstein-and-the-politics-of-distraction
“external conflict functions not only as policy but as emotional consolidation, redirecting internal disillusionment towards collective national purpose.
Fascist forces deploy such spectacles to distract and mobilise, and are doing so presently; accelerating the dismantling of what remains of US democracy and the post-war international order, to be replaced by a system ruled by force and naked self-interest.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/2/26/epstein-and-the-politics-of-distraction
“external conflict functions not only as policy but as emotional consolidation, redirecting internal disillusionment towards collective national purpose.
Fascist forces deploy such spectacles to distract and mobilise, and are doing so presently; accelerating the dismantling of what remains of US democracy and the post-war international order, to be replaced by a system ruled by force and naked self-interest.”
