Caught in the clash of civilisations View(s):War was what everyone expected during the charade of diplomatic negotiations between the US and Iran on the latter’s nuclear programme. The primary justification for the attack, according to him, is to “defend the American people from threats from Iran“—an effort to legitimise it according to existing rules of preventive strike, as it has been characterised also by Israel. Canada and Australia appeared to agree with the US-Israeli justification, while Norway’s Foreign Minister has refuted the claim of a preventive strike in this case as “not in line with international law. And no leader from North or South expressed any outrage at that vision and yearning for a Western Empire. The war across the Mediterranean and the Gulf countries in West Asia is not just about oil and nuclear weapons; it is yet another clash of civilisations.

Source: Sunday Times February 28, 2026 20:29 UTC