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Voices of peace above the din of war
Kurt Shillinger
Since the United States and Israel began aerial strikes against Iran early Saturday morning, more than 2,500 bombs have hit 600 targets in the Islamic Republic, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Iran has retaliated, hitting at least 11 countries so far with hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles.
Rising above the din of war, however, is a widening chorus for peace. The Lebanese government on Monday denounced violence against Israel by Iran鈥檚 proxy Hezbollah. Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi of Oman posted on the social platform X that 鈥渁lthough the hope was to avoid war, war should not mean that the hope of peace is extinguished.鈥�
The aims of yet another conflict in the Middle East remain contested. The Trump administration, retired U.S. Col. Mark Cancian tells our reporter Anna Mulrine Grobe, 鈥渉as described target sets that they鈥檙e going to go about and destroy. Those are military objectives, maybe, on the way to a strategy.鈥� But, he adds, 鈥渏ust destruction is not the strategy.鈥�
