The Hypocrisy of the U.S. Attacking Iran
By James Quillian, Economist, Political Analyst, Teacher of Natural Law

Back in the 1950s, the United States toppled the only democratic system Iran ever managed to build for itself. That’s not conspiracy, that’s history. We remember 9/11 and will for generations. Why on earth wouldn’t the Iranians remember what was done to them in the 1950s? Memory doesn’t stop at the water’s edge.

And here at home, in a country where a president can assume sweeping, near‑dictatorial powers and walk away without so much as a political bruise, we still insist on calling ourselves a republic. That’s the label. But Natural Law teaches us to judge by function, not by definition. If it quacks like a dictatorship and governs like a dictatorship, the label on the stationery doesn’t change the smell in the room.

t’s hard to find a soul anywhere who disagrees that power corrupts. You don’t need a philosophy degree to see it. Just open a history book. It’s always the most powerful nation that starts most of the wars. And right now, that’s us. We’ve been the heavyweight champion of military adventures for a long time, and we seem to be warming up for another round.

The question nobody asks is the simplest one: how much good does any of this do the average American? What exactly does the everyday citizen gain if the United States becomes even more powerful than it already is? Will groceries get cheaper? Will the streets get safer? Will the government suddenly become more accountable? Or will the same folks who already hold the reins just pull them tighter?

You decide. But Natural Law has a way of reminding us that actions speak louder than slogans, and nations—like people—reveal their true character not by what they claim, but by what they do.