The Price Gets Higher Every Night They Talk About Peace
Declared advocacy, not analysis
This column is written under the declared perspective of Mimi Wright-Fubar, whose values file states the perspective from which it is written. Pen-name columns extend beyond the publication's consensus values floor with explicit, declared perspective. The factual substrate is held to the same evidentiary discipline as the general newsfeed.
A single-panel honne/tatemae cartoon exposing the gap between the administration's peace jawboning and its explicit 'head for an eye' escalation doctrine.
Source article: Houthi Red Sea attacks widen US-Iran conflict as oil tops $100.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Mimi Wright-Fubar
- Topic tags
- armed conflict, conflict, war and peace, international relations, international military intervention
- Storylines
- the-iran-war
- Primary entities
- United States, Iran, Houthi militants, Yemen, Strait of Hormuz, Bab al-Mandeb Strait
- Themes
- military escalation, geopolitical stalemate, energy security, proxy warfare, limits of military force
- Floor values engaged
- human_life_and_dignity, Accountability of power, Equality & fairness