24th March 2026
On a lively show with the arrival of Spring, World Order was touched upon by our contributor Seamus Gunn referencing the attack on Iran last weekend when the US Military joined with Israel and attacked more than 1,000 targets in Iran and killed many of its top officials particularly the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei which has brought mixed reactions not only in Iran but on the world stage. Our contributor stated the pros and cons of the legality of the acts of aggression, referencing the U.N. Charter that only permits the use of force against another nation if it has been authorised by the security council or in self-defence which he thought would be difficult to justify. On the other hand, the USA have been very strong in their argument that the attack was not only justified but necessary for maintaining global security and to eliminate a nuclear threat which he thought was somewhat contradictory as last summer following a military strike by the US into Iran, it claimed that they had obliterated Iran’s nuclear program. His concern was that with the normalisation of unilateral force being used on foreign states, referencing US forces’ incursion into Caracas some 2 months ago to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and fly him to New York to face justice, he was apprehensive that this was becoming the New World Order and the United Nations or it’s security council no longer had the weight or influence it once enjoyed. Greg Hughes was of the view that Iran may prove more resistant than is expected by the USA, a point readily acknowledged by Gunn. He said that the assassination of a Supreme leader in another nation following an act of aggression which Iran believe had no justification, could galvanise their efforts to resist this attack. In the same vein, he was of the view that the terrorism acts by Iran on other states, not associated, but only linked to the USA, would not bear scrutiny under the charter. Our contributor thought that this was a slippery slope to be on and it was indicative of how the world has changed. He thought that it was interesting that congress was meeting this week in relation to justification for the war, but he said that under the World Powers Resolution for unauthorised military action, it was only congress that could declare war but that unauthorised military actions could be sanctioned by the President for up to 60 days, a point which is presently being addressed in congress.
Various topics were covered in the Q&A that followed and you can listen to the full interview below.