Sanctions Fuel Protests, Paves Way for 'Regime Change'
The article, citing 'experts,' links Trump's sanctions to Iranian unrest, implying a natural cause-and-effect. What these 'experts' consistently gloss over is the long-standing US foreign policy tradition of using crippling sanctions to foment internal dissent, often as a pre-cursor to 'regime change' operations—a playbook refined from Chile to Iraq. Financial hardship isn't a bug; for foreign
policy hawks, it's a feature. They expect protest. This isn't about 'democracy' as much as it is about strategic interests. One might wonder if the same outlet would report on the 'fueling' of protests in allied nations experiencing economic hardship due to other geopolitical pressures, or if the concern for economic suffering conveniently aligns with predetermined geopolitical objectives. It's
almost as if some nations are only deemed 'ripe' for popular uprisings when the US decides their government is inconvenient.