The United States is Formally at War with Iran, At Least the Swiss Say So

Photograph Source: Benjamin D Applebaum – Public Domain

Why is the United States bombing Iran? The justifications presented for the jus ad bellum of Operation Epic Fury keep shifting: an imminent nuclear threat, security concerns, the need for regime change, and even political distractions such as the Trump-Epstein relationship. The legal basis is also not clear. At times President Trump has implied that the U.S. is at war with Iran—“We’re doing very well on the war front, to put it mildly.”...