Why I Oppose Trump’s War with Iran, by Eric Sammons

In the early 2000’s, Crisis Magazine reached the peak of its political influence in this country. Its editor-in-chief was the most prominent Catholic advisor to the President of the United States, and Crisis was the go-to periodical for politically-conservative Catholics. Never before or since has this humble magazine wielded such immense clout.

There was just this little problem: Crisis had wedded itself to a Republican presidential administration that launched a preemptive war against a Middle Eastern country, partly at the behest of Israel—a war based on lies, including the now-debunked claims of an imminent threat of that country’s supposed weapons of mass destruction. Here is one defense of that war from the pages of Crisis, made in March 2023 at the beginning of the invasion: …

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