Michael Hudson - Why America Is at War with Iran - Brave New Europe

Michael Hudson - Why America is at war with Iran - Brave New Europe

By breaking up a country which is seeking to break-free of the dollar, the US imperial policy is aimed at striking a blow against Chinese influence in West Asia. Michael Hudson’s new book, The Destiny of Civilization, will be published by CounterPunch Books next month. Cross-posted from Counterpunch Picture by Gage Skidmore Opponents of the war with Iran say that the war is not in American interests, seeing that Iran does not pose any visible th…

Michael Hudson: War on Iran is fight for US unipolar control of world

Opponents of the war with Iran say that the war is not in American interests, seeing that Iran does not pose any visible threat to the United States. This appeal to reason misses the neoconservative logic that has guided U.S. foreign policy for more than a half century, and which is now threatening to engulf the Middle East in the most violent war since Korea. That logic is so aggressive, so repugnant to most people, so much in violation of the …