Foreign Policy Magazine: The US Should
Lose to Iran
Posted By: Dreadnought, 3/25/2026 5:24:47 PM
Orange man is sooooo bad that Foreign Policy Magazine's columnist and (of course) Columbia University Professor Howard French argues that America should lose the war to Iran. No, I am not kidding. It's not that French is arguing that Iran is the good guy. He concedes that they are not. It's just that America under Trump is so, so horribly bad that his winning the war is unthinkable. Better that a regime that murders its citizens by the gross, rapes and mutilates young women for not wearing a hijab, and that executes people for being gay survive than have Donald Trump be the author of its demise.
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Sure, these outlets are biased and often push hoaxes, but there is something kinda icky about saying they were "forced" to report something. As snide and cynical as I am, even I believe that when their ideological lenses get taken off at times they see reality.
Or not. In any case, we should take our wins when they come, and this one certainly fits the "win" category. NPR ran a story from Iraq's border with Iran, in which the reporter interviewed Iranians
Orange man is sooooo bad that Foreign Policy Magazine's columnist and (of course) Columbia University Professor Howard French argues that America should lose the war to Iran.
No, I am not kidding. It's not that French is arguing that Iran is the good guy. He concedes that they are not. It's just that America under Trump is so, so horribly bad that his winning the war is unthinkable.
Better that a regime that murders its citizens by the gross, rapes and mutilates young women for not wearing a hijab, and that executes people for being gay survive than have Donald Trump be the author of its demise.
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Orange man is sooooo bad that Foreign Policy Magazine's columnist and (of course) Columbia University Professor Howard French argues that America should lose the war to Iran.
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Better that a regime that murders its citizens by the gross, rapes and mutilates young women for not wearing a hijab, and that executes people for being gay survive than have Donald Trump be the author of its demise.
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