The Iran war has exposed the fragility of the global energy system as countries remain dependent on fossil fuels. Could renewables like wind, solar, hydropower and photovoltaic shield people from the shock?
Calling it “Israel War” would just be wrong, because neither is Israel the one who’s being attacked, nor are Israel’s girls elementary schools being turned into rubble.
Ok, that’s a good argument, however I’m throwing a new one into the ring myself: I think the “LocationX War” naming schema should not be used.
Compare it to naming diseases after (supposed) places of origins such as the Spanish flue. In contrast, Coronavirus disease 2019 was explicitly named after the virus to avoid mixing cause and location. Which of course didn’t stop people like Trump to call it China flue anyway, but we digress …
Partially this schema is used already. I.e. “The American War for Independence” is a war initiated by the people of the soon-to-be USA against their colonial sovereign Great Britain caused by a wish for independence. So IMO same as with diseases the name should derive from the cause, not from the location. Therefore, better alternatives to “the Iran war” are:
The war in Iran
The US-Israel war
The US-Israel war in Iran
The nuclear disarmament war (if you go by official US statements *cough cough*)
It’s not a sign of their bias (which might or might not exist), it’s just how we name wars: Vietnam War, Afghanistan War, Kosovo War, Ukraine War, Afghanistan war (again, this time with another aggressor, but still named after the attacked party)…
Calling it “Israel War” would just be wrong, because neither is Israel the one who’s being attacked, nor are Israel’s girls elementary schools being turned into rubble.
Ok, that’s a good argument, however I’m throwing a new one into the ring myself: I think the “LocationX War” naming schema should not be used.
Compare it to naming diseases after (supposed) places of origins such as the Spanish flue. In contrast, Coronavirus disease 2019 was explicitly named after the virus to avoid mixing cause and location. Which of course didn’t stop people like Trump to call it China flue anyway, but we digress …
Partially this schema is used already. I.e. “The American War for Independence” is a war initiated by the people of the soon-to-be USA against their colonial sovereign Great Britain caused by a wish for independence. So IMO same as with diseases the name should derive from the cause, not from the location. Therefore, better alternatives to “the Iran war” are: