1: When going to war with Iran, don’t tell the public, and your votersThey will believe you when you tell them it had to be kept secret. 3: Ignore the US constitution and international lawThe US constitution requires Congress to authorise war, and international law forbids war on the territorial integrity of another state, unless authorised by the UN Security Council. Finding a Delcy of course aims at securing regime compliance, not regime change, but our practices will deepen the fog of war, a war which we need to win. As a great power, always initiate a war at the behest of an unreliable allyRemember those TV documentaries on the start of the first World War: don’t start a war unless it’s against your long-term strategic interests. Let us not ask whether this is the US’s war or Israel’s war, or Netanyahu’s war.

Source: The Irish Times April 11, 2026 06:31 UTC