Ideology and principles clash in Trump’s Iran war (opens in new tab)

Lt Col (retd) Rob Symonds and David Flint respond to an article by Nesrine Malik on the motivations driving the conflict between the US and IranNesrine Malik is correct in highlighting the differences between the US and Iran in their understanding of conflict as a means to an end (Trump’s chaotic war on Iran has dragged into its sixth week because he is fighting an adversary he doesn’t understand, 6 April). However, she fails to outline the distinctly different ends that the two protagonists ...