{"id":5353,"date":"2026-03-05T10:58:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/a-gateway-to-hell-how-the-war-against-iran-will-harm-the-west\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:24:18","slug":"a-gateway-to-hell-how-the-war-against-iran-will-harm-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/a-gateway-to-hell-how-the-war-against-iran-will-harm-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"A gateway to hell &#8211; How the war against Iran will harm the West"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5353\" class=\"elementor elementor-5353 elementor-5277\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63a19a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63a19a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b05d79f\" data-id=\"5b05d79f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-789ac66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"789ac66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f347cc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f347cc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dear friends, fellow campaigners, and colleagues,<\/p>\n<p>I would like to share with you my assessment of the war against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever our views on the regime there, this war is not only a crime, but also an act of enormous stupidity. I don&#8217;t know which of the two is worse.<\/p>\n<p>The US-Israeli war and the thunderous applause of many of our politicians have something suicidal about them. While we are still in a war in Ukraine, which we are currently losing, we have plunged into a new war in Iran, which we will also lose. The US-Israeli \u201cstrategy\u201d of overthrowing the government there through a decapitation strike, internal uprisings, and a military coup has already collapsed. Now they will criminally focus on destroying Iran from the air\u2014because they have no other options. The intense air strikes on Tehran are just the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>The economic, social, political, and moral consequences for us in Europe will be enormous\u2014and not just at the gas stations. Not only that, but after losing two wars in and around Europe, the European Union will no longer be able to be what it claims to be.<\/p>\n<p>With great concern, Michael<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec72d25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ec72d25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc102d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cc102d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-gateway-to-hell.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">READ MORE (PDF)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear friends, fellow campaigners, and colleagues, I would like to share with you my assessment of the war against Iran. Whatever our views on the regime there, this war is not only a crime, but also an act of enormous stupidity. I don&#8217;t know which of the two is worse. The US-Israeli war and the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/a-gateway-to-hell-how-the-war-against-iran-will-harm-the-west\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5353"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5384,"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5353\/revisions\/5384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-von-der-schulenburg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}