On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, HuffPost correspondent Akbar Ahmed discusses the widening US-Israeli war on Iran and Iran’s wide-ranging retaliatory strikes.
As the war enters its third week and the Pentagon requests $200 billion to fund the war, it continues to escalate. The US and Israel are destroying Iran’s infrastructure, while Iran is retaliating by attacking energy and civilian targets. Meanwhile, Israel’s ongoing bombings in Lebanon have killed 1,000 people, and according to the UN, one million people—one-third of them children—have been displaced, with no end in sight.
Is anyone in Washington calling for an end to this destruction? What is their endgame?
Guest:
Akbar Shahid Ahmed, senior diplomatic correspondent for HuffPost, and author of the forthcoming book, Crossing the Red Line
Resources:
HuffPost: Israel Is Applying 'Gaza Logic' To Lebanon — With Trump’s Blessing
HuffPost: Before Trump Bombed Iran, Pentagon Slashed Teams Meant To Limit Civilian Casualties
HuffPost: Trump Says He Brought 'Justice' To Iran. His War Boosts Fears The U.S. Has Gone Rogue.
