On Capitol Hill, a dramatic vote advanced legislation aimed at bringing the US military campaign against Iran to an end. Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy — fresh off a primary election loss — flipped his position to deliver a crucial vote in favor of the bill, according to The Hindu. The move illustrates how domestic political fortunes can reshape foreign policy: freed from the pressures of reelection, Cassidy broke with his previous hawkish stance.
The bill’s progress comes amid intensifying scrutiny of the Pentagon over a devastating strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in southern Iran. According to Iranian officials, 175 people were killed in the February 28 bombing — most of them children. The strike occurred on the very first day of the US-Israeli campaign. Top lawmaker Adam Smith has publicly pressed US Central Command chief Brad Cooper to acknowledge what Smith called “obvious” US culpability. Yet as RT reports, the Pentagon continues to refuse responsibility. President Trump himself had at one point suggested the strike was “done by Iran” — a claim contradicted by multiple independent investigations.
The school bombing has become a flashpoint not just in Washington but globally, fueling anti-war sentiment and complicating American diplomatic efforts.
