The United States – the cynosure of Western society — has committed moral suicide in Gaza; and the death certificate was issued in Iran, writes Michael Brenner.
Collective suicide always is an ugly business to observe — especially when it’s your own country debasing itself. Yet, we seem unfazed. Indeed, we redouble our acts of inhumanity as if reiteration somehow normalizes the perversity of what ...
The strongest version of this narrative argues that the U.S. has systematically abandoned its moral principles in pursuit of geopolitical dominance, particularly in its support for Saudi actions in Yemen and Israeli actions in Gaza. The analysis highlights the U.S.'s role in enabling civilian casualties, suppressing dissent, and normalizing extrajudicial violence, framing these actions as a betrayal of the country's stated values. It also critiques the hypocrisy of Christian justifications for w...