, Columnist
The New Multipolar World Mimics the US at Its Worst
More countries are now using force abroad, in some cases outdoing American excesses.
Iranian protesters burn a Union Jack flag and a US flag during a demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinian people and Iran-backed Yemeni rebels.
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Welcome to the new multipolar world, in which everybody gets to behave like the US at its worst. It is not a safer place.
Over the last week, Iran has conducted missile strikes against targets in three sovereign countries — Iraq, Pakistan and Syria. Jordan also fired into Syria. The US (again) hit the Houthi militia in charge of Western Yemen, who have for weeks been launching attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.