Trump's framing of war as Iran's barbarism vs civilised West is a huge lie

Two conceptual fallacies lie at the heart of the illegal American-Israeli assault on Iran. 

The first is the idea that Iran is a barbaric country, stuck in the Middle Ages, and incapable of fitting in with the modern world. As Trump put it when asked why striking Iranian bridges and power plants would not be a war crime. He replied: “They’re animals.”

The second mistake concerns the belief that the United States represents western civilisation.

In this article we subject these basic assumptions to scrutiny by examining the intellectual accomplishments and capacity of leading figures on both sides.

We show that Iran’s leadership is far more sophisticated, intelligent, literate and accomplished than Trump’s United States.

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