So here’s the uncomfortable question Australians should ask, especially when our leader Anthony Albanese was so quick to line up behind the strikes: what exactly is the theory of change?
Not the slogan. Not the press release. The real theory. How, precisely, does dropping bombs - or killing a dictator - make Iranian women freer, Iranian prisons emptier, Iranian courts fairer, or Iranian politics more accountable? And how does it secure long-term peace in the Middle East.
If we can’t answer that in plain language, then we are not looking at a pathway to peace and human rights. We’re looking at protracted violence and dysfunction dressed up as virtue.
So it will allow the US to say to whoever takes over “do what you want just give us all the oil we need” or whatever. Basically look at Venezuela.
That’s two decapitation strikes in as many months. I wonder who’s next.
The dude was 86, it’s laughable to pretend his successor wasn’t ready to go.
As to your question:
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/01/mark-carney-turns-off-geolocation-on-phone-just-in-case/
Maybe they were trying to prevent the chosen successor then.