Given the rapidity at which war with Iran appears to be approaching I want to go on the record. I am opposed to the U. S. going to war with Iran at this time. I’ve made these arguments before. I am not re-litigating them. I am restating my position in light of events. A just war has three requirements: just ends, just means, just authority. War with Iran does not meet the standards for a just war, in particular just cause and just authority.
If President Trump thinks otherwise, he needs to make his case to the Congress.
I do not claim that Iran’s mullahs or their rule are good or that Iran is not doing anything that conflicts with U. S. interests. My claims are narrower: we do not go to war on executive impulse.
TACO or FAFO.
TACO in this case. Iran isn’t Venezuela. It’s government isn’t as far gone in its relations with its people or its neighbors.
Just as an example, its leader(s) aren’t protected by foreign bodyguards as was Maduro in Venezuela.
OTOH; if Trump simply leaves Iran’s government to continue its economic mismanagement while oil prices stay very low — the continuing hyperinflation will rot away the foundations of Iran’s government.
They definitely are. Look up the basiji.