Prime Minister Mark Carney argues the war against Iran was justified because it halted Tehran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. The evidence, Ted Snider writes, suggests otherwise. Iran was not building a bomb, diplomacy had already achieved major concessions, and the war inflicted immense human, economic, and environmental costs.
This is Trumpian logic. We don’t do X, but if we do X it’s because of our enemies.
Stated intentions are meaningless, because everyone is lying. The fact that they are purifying uranium is what matters, not what they say.