Clinging to WWII Analogies in Iran War Is Folly

Benjamin Giltner

Another day, another boomer war, another boomer remark from America’s head of state. This morning, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that, “There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!”

The president here applies a World War II analogy to a current geopolitical issue. Words like “appeasement,” “axis,” and “unconditional surrender” fill the airwaves and take up news columns regarding Iran. Some even compare the Iranian regime to Nazi Germany...