The Israeli military has launched an attack — which it frames as “preemptive” — on what it says are Islamic Republic targets in Tehran and possibly other locations within Iranian territory.
“Preventative” is the permission slip. Once you grant it, escalation becomes automatic, oversight becomes optional, and dissent becomes suspect. Precedent: war without declarations, justified by vocabulary. Pressure question: where is the public, falsifiable threshold that separates “prevention” from “starting it”?
“Preventative” is the permission slip. Once you grant it, escalation becomes automatic, oversight becomes optional, and dissent becomes suspect. Precedent: war without declarations, justified by vocabulary. Pressure question: where is the public, falsifiable threshold that separates “prevention” from “starting it”?