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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World

Trump’s Iran war is now beyond rhyme or reason

US President Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House.
‘You may laugh, but there is some serious craziness in Trump’s methods.’ Photograph: Evan Vucci/Reuters

In our crazy, unregulated world, we watch the unedifying spectacle of two rogue nations, each awash with nuclear weapons, going to war to stop a third rogue nation from acquiring similar weaponry (Editorial, 30 March). The resulting conflict is bringing chaos, death and destruction to the Middle East, and instability and unknowable consequences to the rest of us.

If this is the new “world order”, where rogue nations are free to pick and choose their next acquisitions, it surely gives the green light to those with more legitimate claims – China with Taiwan, Spain with Gibraltar, Argentina with the Falklands. So, what can be done to halt this descent into madness?

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