Coverage of the Iran war in the MSM has become downright weird.

The USA and Israel started an illegal war against Iran without any UN mandate.

They pummeled the country from the air, assassinated many Iranian leaders, sank a lot of ships and killed plenty of civilians.

Some countries took a principled stand against the war - like Spain - and others like the UK and the EU hummed and haaed, seemingly changing their position every day.

The only reason they didn't all steam in with the USA this time is not because the war is illegal but mainly because they all hate Trump and would love to see him get caught out.

That'll teach you orangeman!

Then Iran began to retaliate.

According to the UN Charter - Article 51:

Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security. Measures taken by Members in the exercise of this right of self-defence shall be immediately reported to the Security Council and shall not in any way affect the authority and responsibility of the Security Council under the present Charter to take at any time such action as it deems necessary in order to maintain or restore international peace and security.

Now everyone is going on about the need to defend themselves from Iranian aggression in retaliation to being attacked by two countries at once, including the USA, a member of good-old 'defensive' NATO.

NATO should really drop all that 'we're a defensive alliance' malarky and call it what it is: a pre-emptive strike alliance.

Israel is asking other nations to 'join in' their illegal war so their new-found allies can get attacked with missiles like Israel.

Europe and the west generally are only getting panicky because their energy supplies are threatened by Iran's action in the Strait of Hormuz and it's driving up the price of oil.

So their electorates might finally get a taste of kind of problems that western sanctions have been causing in Cuba, Iran, Russia and Venezuela (among others) for years.

A child could have foreseen this outcome but the geniuses who started the war ignored a sure thing, presumably thinking Iran would collapse in a few days, they would divert all the oil and impoverish the country even further and Trump would win the Nobel Peace prize.

But Iran is resisting - who would have thought it - surely they all want to get rid of those mad mullahs??

Aren't they just another bunch of towel-heads in flip-flops who need teaching a lesson? Like the Iraqis, Libyans, Syrians and Taliban?

If it wasn't for the fact that Iran is an ally of Russia and Iranians are being killed, Putin would be laughing his head off.

There's your international rules-based order in action. You western wankers!

But the MSM goes on treating this whole thing like it's a genuine war - like fighting Hitler or the Reds - rather than something someone thought up on the back of an envelope after a few beers.

What we gonna call it? I know...Epic Fury! Awesome! Who's the Daddy!

High-fives all round as they dig in to the appetizers while shoving a twenty in the lap-dancer's knickers.

Unbelieevable!