The first lesson of war is âknow your enemyâ â and Britainâs enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall
As the Iran disaster escalates, Starmer should treat the US president as someone whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere Nine days in, the conduct of the unjustified, illegal US-Israel war against Iran grows ever-more disproportionate, dishonourable and deranged. The torpedoing of an Iranian navy ship off Sri Lanka by a US submarine demonstrated that for reckless Donald Trump, the whole world is his battlefield. Diplomacy, treacherously sabotaged by Washington, has been replaced by unceasing airstrikes that are murdering and maiming hundreds of Iranian civilians. Trumpâs White House increasingly resembles a madhouse. War aims shift daily. A clueless, rambling president insists he must help pick Iranâs next ayatollah. Meanwhile, his âsecretary for warâ, Pete Hegseth, rants manically about killing without mercy. Nine days in, itâs clear Iranâs leaders, those who survive, are not going to roll over in a repeat of Trumpâs Venezuela coup. Their forces, though drastically outgunned, are succeeding in spreading pain across the Middle East, inundating defences with waves of drones and missiles. Thatâs no surprise. Iran warned of a region-wide co
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