For 40 years US war planners warned attacking Iran would trigger economic chaos, regional war and humanitarian catastrophe. Trump ignored all of it, and now the world may pay the price.
Trump says Iran is broken. The CIA reportedly says otherwise. If Tehran still holds most of its missile stockpile and can survive months of blockade, this war may be entering its most dangerous phase.
New Zealanders are asking how a Prime Minister who talks about values and honour could allegedly support tactics many view as immoral and indefensible.
Luxon wanted New Zealand to back the Iran war. Winston exposed it. Now the coalition looks like it’s tearing itself apart.
Trump’s Iran war is blowing out in cost and chaos, and may end up strengthening the very regime it was meant to crush.
Markets are acting like the Iran crisis will blow over. If Hormuz closes, that fantasy could end in inflation, fuel shortages and recession.
Trump’s blunder into Iran may be the worst geopolitical mistake since Vietnam — and Kiwi drivers will pay for it this weekend.
Criticising Israel isn’t antisemitism. So why is that accusation being used to shut this argument down?
Trump swaggered into conflict pretending to be a strongman and stumbled out handing Iran leverage, chaos in the Gulf and a shudder through the global economy.
Peace Action Wellington criticises Luxon for failing to condemn the Iran war as NZ aligns with US and Israel amid rising tensions.