The war in Iran – again – points to the strategic shortcomings of assassination as policy of foreign affairs ^23.2%

The Conversation - By Brian O'Neill - 5/21/2026, 12:23 PM

Negativity Bias 19% - Appeal to Authority 17.8% - Hasty Generalization 14.3%

The coordinated U.S.-Israeli strikes at the outset of the war in Iran killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with other key regime figures. In doing so, the United States and Israel crossed what The New York Times and others described as “a new Rubicon”: the deliberate, overt killing of a head of state. President Donald Trump and... more