Iran War: And The Winner Is … |
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Iran War: And The Winner Is …
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair
US president Donald Trump says that his war in Iran – currently in a supposed ceasefire – resulted in “total and complete victory. 100%. No question about it.” The Iranian regime, via a statement from its Supreme National Security Council, also claims “great victory.”
If the war is really over (I’m skeptical), who actually won?
“You can no more win a war,” said Jeannette Rankin, “than you can win an earthquake.”
Rankin, the first woman ever elected to the US House of Representatives, entered Congress in 1916, just in time to vote against US entry into World War 1. Unseated in 1918, she managed a comeback in 1940, just in time to vote against US entry into World War 2.
We could use a few Jeannette........