‘We’re the good guys’: Moral storytelling doesn’t make the war on Iran necessary or legal - ABC Religion & Ethics The war on Iran reveals a growing preference for moral storytelling over legal reasoning. Once the narrative of “just cause” replaces the rule of law, once legitimacy replaces legality, there is littl...

The ABC published an extended version of my post on the Conversation, if anyone is interested
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‘We’re the good guys’: why moral storytelling doesn’t make the war on Iran necessary or legal Once the narrative of a “just war” replaces the rule of law, there is little left to restrain powerful states from dominating weaker ones.

I wrote a short reflection on moral storytelling to justify an illegal war. Moral storytelling assumes one moral framework is inherently superior to all others, allowing any side to claim the same justification. theconversation.com/were-the-goo...

‘We’re the good guys’: why moral storytelling doesn’t make the war on Iran necessary or legal Once the narrative of a “just war” replaces the rule of law, there is little left to restrain powerful states from dominating weaker ones.

This short piece from @tamermorris.bsky.social is excellent and worth your time to read it: theconversation.com/were-the-goo...

I feel uneasy when morality is used to justify regime change, because it echoes the same reasoning once used to “civilize” the world. Claims “we’re doing this for your own good” resembles the same patterns of racism and imperialism that were used in the past to dominate others.

Repeat of the Venezuela-intervention?

Remove the leader while allowing the regime to survive with concessions to the benefit of U.S. business interests.

Albanese says Australia supports US action against Iran and stands with the Iranian people’s ‘struggle against oppression’ Department of foreign affairs warns travellers of risk of reprisal attacks, further escalation and flight cancellations in Middle East

Seriously?! We’re not even trying to hide the double standards anymore.

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Trump says US has begun ‘major combat operations’ in Iran after Israel launches strikes - live

Why is it always those who set the house on fire are the first to ask why everyone is screaming? Politicians can’t inflame tensions in Australia by inviting President Herzog and then feign ignorance and shock at the public reaction.

Blair and Rubio among names on Gaza 'Board of Peace' The former UK prime minister and US secretary of state will sit on the "founding executive board", the White House says.

According to Trump "Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place". Let’s like the Avengers if the Avengers were modern day colonizers.

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Absolutely worth the read

Trump tells Cuba to 'make a deal, before it is too late' Trump has been turning his attention to Cuba since US forces seized Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

Trump posted that Rubio should be president of Cuba. The next episode of ‘what did he do now?!’

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It really does

‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’ President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority

Donald Trump has said that he does not “need international law” and that his power is limited only by his “own morality” - unfortunately you don’t have a good track record for ‘morality’

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Update - Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar states that the attack was a "joint operation" targeting "terrorists", and it "has nothing to do with a particular religion"

US launches 'powerful strikes' against Islamic State in Nigeria, says Trump The US president says IS targets were attacked in north-western Nigeria, accusing the group of killing Christians.

We are walking down a road with the erosion of any legal order, we are currently in the place where we can attack anywhere and for any reason www.bbc.com/news/article...

UN strongly condemns Israel's unauthorised entry of UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said that Israeli police raided its compound in East Jerusalem early on Monday, representing “a new challenge to international law.”

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WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests Anti-government demonstrators are likely to have been targeted with camite, our investigation finds.

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Zelensky warns Ukraine risks losing US support over White House peace plan Vladimir Putin says the plan could be the "basis" for peace but warns Russia is prepared to fight on.

Another Peace Plan that echoes imperalistic and colonial pasts - with ‘smaller’ States forced to concede to ‘greater’ powers www.bbc.com/news/article...

It’s interesting how the Security Council endorsed a peace plan, granting its governing body and an intervening force, legal authority - without knowing any of the details or parameters of the plan. And at the same time denying the Palestinian People involvement in their self determination.

Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian warehouse and land as West Bank attacks surge Several Palestinians were also injured when settlers launched arson attacks targeting an industrial area, a Bedouin village, and farmland east of Tulkarm.

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Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise USS Gerald R Ford’s arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989

This is the largest military presence by the US in Caribbean since the 1980s www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Turkiye issues arrest warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu over Gaza ‘genocide’ Turkiye accuses Israeli officials of 'genocide and crimes against humanity' over Israel's war on Gaza.

The ICJ’s Arrest Warrants case?

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He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’ For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are ...

The RSF are hunting down activists, journalists. They are searching phones for any sign of communication with the media or human rights groups - to detain or execute them.

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So I did a thing…

Sudan war: New videos show executions after RSF militia takes key city RSF troops executed a number of unarmed people after seizing el-Fasher, videos reviewed by BBC Verify show.

Approximately 1,500 have been killed in three days.

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‘Horrific’ violence as thousands flee Sudan's El Fasher After 500 days of siege, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia have reportedly taken control of the key Sudanese city of El-Fasher in Darfur, triggering widespread fear among families, and forcing th...

For the last 18 months, El Fasher has become the “epicentre of suffering”, with hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped. Now there are reports of widespread ethnically and politically motivated killings

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‘Horrific’ violence as thousands flee Sudan's El Fasher After 500 days of siege, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia have reportedly taken control of the key Sudanese city of El-Fasher in Darfur, triggering widespread fear among families, and forcing th...

For the last 18 months, El Fasher has become the “epicentre of suffering”, with hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped. Now there are reports of widespread ethnically and politically motivated killings

news.un.org/en/story/202...

It’s worrying that Judge Sebutinde uses misinformation to try to warn about disinformation, including her footnote regarding senior UN officials - not technically correct.

How Not to Trade with Occupying Powers: Western Sahara and the Amendment to the EU-Moroccan Association Agreements On October 3 2025, the EU and Morocco concluded an amendment (‘the amendment’) to the EU-Mediterranean Agreement (‘the association agreement’). With the approval of the Council it is already being app...

How Not to Trade with Occupying Powers: Western Sahara and the Amendment to the EU-Moroccan Association Agreements | by Andrea Maria Pelliconi and Sebastian von Massow

AU suspends Madagascar as military leader to be sworn in as president Colonel Randrianirina set to assume presidency in Madagascar after President Andry Rajoelina removed.

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