What we saw in Gaza was not just a genocide. It was a prototype of the wars to come.
The goal of the American/Israeli bombings in Iran [above and right] is not regime change, but the total destruction of the infrastructure of what makes human life possible: schools, residential buildings, government buildings, sports complexes, hospitals, clinics, airports, religious buildings, UNESCO world heritage sites. This morning it was a water treatment facility. None of this has anything to do with ideology, the Ayatollahs, etc. All of this is about making human life uninhabitable. None of it with U.N. sanction, none of it approved by the [U.S.] congress, no accountability to any body of law or morality.
Over 2,000 sites were bombed in the first few days. The number now is much higher. Two-thousand-pound bombs have been dropped, some on dense urban populations. These bombs do not distinguish between supporters of the regime and those opposed. They kill indiscriminately. It’s important both for Americans and the Iranian community (including the diaspora) to come to terms with that.
Many Iranians (especially those in diaspora who championed this war) operate from an assumption that they are “entirely different” than their neighbors, and that their fate would be different than Iraq or Syria. Colonial ambitions don’t match that expectation. I so pray that I am wrong, but every educated instinct based on study of the region tells me that the goal is complete collapse of the society, exploitation of the oil for profit of American companies, and balkanization of Iran into separate ethno-states.
Above: An aerial view of a graveyard as funerals are held for students and staff from a girls’ school killed in a likely U.S. strike on March 3, 2026 in Minab, Iran. (Photo: Handout/Getty Images)
Related Off-site Links:
Israel Is Using Its Genocidal Gaza Playbook on Iran – Séamus Malekafzali (The Nation, March 7, 2026).
“This Is Madness”: More Talk of Boots on the Ground as Trump Says “Today Iran Will Be Hit Very Hard” – Jon Queally (Common Dreams, March 7, 2026).
165 Massacred Schoolgirls in Iran – and the Silence That Exposes the West’s Moral Selectivity – Hana Saada (Common Dreams, March 7, 2026).
Rights Group Says Massacre at Iranian School – Likely by U.S. – Should Be Investigated as “War Crime” – Jon Queally (Common Dreams, March 7, 2026).
What Is the U.S. Exit Strategy From Its War on Iran? – Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies (Common Dreams, March 7, 2026).
“Your Tax Dollars Being Used to Raise Your Gas Prices”: U.S.-Israel Bomb Major Iranian Oil Depots – Jon Queally (Common Dreams, March 7, 2026).
Poll: A Majority of Americans Opposes U.S. Military Action in Iran – Domenico Montanaro (NPR News, March 6, 2026).
The Iran War Is Unfathomable – Nathan J. Robinson (Current Affairs, March 6, 2026).
“Up There With My Lai”: Investigations Find U.S. Was Likely Behind Iranian School Massacre – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, March 6, 2026).
“The Military-Industrial Complex Is Winning”: While Bombing Iran, Trump Says Weapons Contractors to Boost Production – Jessica Corbett (Common Dreams, March 6, 2026).
When the Bombs Fall on Other People’s Children – Omar Suleiman (Religion News, March 5, 2026).
The Iran War Is Also a Climate War – Mark Hertsgaard and Giles Trendle (The Nation, March 5, 2026).
“Why Are We Going to War?”: Former U.S. Middle East Officials Say Trump Has “No Clear Plan” on Iran – Democracy Now! (March 5, 2026).
War as Far as the Eye Can See: The U.S.-led Imperialist Bloc Is a Threat to Humanity – Eduardo Rodríguez (Peoples Dispatch, March 4, 2026).
War on Iran Is Part of U.S. Plan for Global Domination: An Interview with Economist Michael Hudson – Democracy Now! (March 4, 2026).
After Classified Iran Briefing, Democratic Lawmakers More Convinced Trump Wants Ground Invasion and Forever War – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, March 6, 2026).
“Iran Is Not Going to Surrender”: Scholar Narges Bajoghli Says U.S. and Israel Underestimate Iran – Democracy Now! (March 4, 2026).
“Horror and Anxiety”: Death Toll in Iran Tops 780 as Trump Says U.S. Can Fight “Forever” – Democracy Now! (March 3, 2026).
By Attacking Iran, U.S. and Israel Seek Unchallenged Supremacy in Middle East: An Interview with Rami Khouri – Democracy Now! (March 3, 2026).
UPDATES: Trump’s Iran War Is an Affordability Disaster – Brian Garvey (Common Dreams, March 8, 2026).
Iran’s Assembly of Clerics Names Mojtaba Khamenei as the Country’s New Supreme Leader – NPR News (March 8, 2026).
“Trump Has Been Anointed by Jesus” to Wage War on Iran: U.S. Commanders Accused of Promoting Holy War – Democracy Now! (March 9, 2026).
“The Situation Is Scary”: Global Economic Chaos as Trump’s Iran War Sends Markets Diving – Brad Reed (Common Dreams, March 9, 2026).
“We’re Gonna Make a Ton of Money”: Unhinged Lindsey Graham Hails Profit Potential of Iran War – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, March 9, 2026).
The Cost of War: Iran’s Strategy to Make Trump Pay – Ramzy Baroud (Common Dreams, March 9, 2026).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Israel’s and the United States’ Rationale for War on Iran Is “All Bullshit”
• Thomas Fazi on How Western Hegemony Has Entered a Phase of Irreversible Decline
• Kym Staton: Quote of the Day – March 3, 2026
• Chris Hedges on the End of the American Empire
• John Pilger on Resisting Empire
• Resisting the Hand of the Empire
• “Our Anti-Imperialism Must Be Consistent”
• “It Is Up to Us”
Opening 1: Explosions erupt following strikes at Tehran Oil Refinery in Tehran on March 7, 2026. The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, sparking swift retaliation by the Islamic republic which responded with missile attacks on U.S. bases across the region. The war has dragged in global powers, upended the world's energy and transport sectors, and brought chaos to even usually peaceful areas of the volatile region. (Photo by Atta Kenare / AFP via Getty Images)
Image 2: Photographer unknown.
Image 3: An aerial view of a graveyard as funerals are held for students and staff from a girls’ school killed in a likely U.S. strike on March 3, 2026 in Minab, Iran. (Photo: Handout/Getty Images)
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