Multipolarity, Diego Garcia, and the PGM Revolution

Iran’s precision-guided munitions prove what even the most stubborn policymakers must concede: The world is multipolar. Adapt peacefully or fight high-casualty wars.

The old, incorrect, assumptions about the possible range of Iranian missiles. Iran just hit Diego Garcia, a base nearly twice as far away as previous projections.

There are many valid ways to make sense of the illegal Iran war:

• A case study in the limits of coercive bombing;

• The latest indicator of US hegemonic decline;

• Evidence of imperialist foreign po…