The Predictable Drumbeat of Perpetual War
Let's follow the trail. The Financial Times frets about Trump's newfound hawkishness, portraying it as some sudden, dangerous shift. For anyone paying attention, this script is older than most of the pundits delivering it. The US establishment, regardless of who occupies the Oval Office, consistently finds new enemies or resurrects old ones to justify its vast military spending and interventionist
foreign policy. The idea that Trump, or any modern US president, has a 'new interest in war' is laughable. War is the modus operandi, not a sudden enthusiasm. Consider the recent pronouncements regarding Iran. One administration pulls out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a deal painstakingly negotiated, in 2018. The next administration, or even the same one, then chastises Iran
for supposed nuclear ambitions. This isn't about specific leaders; it's about a deeply entrenched global agenda. Meanwhile, the world's actual nuclear proliferator, Israel, operates with a tacit impunity that would ignite global outrage if any other nation dared to mimic it. Their undeclared nuclear arsenal, developed with clandestine Western assistance, rarely makes headlines when discussing
proliferation threats. The historical record screams this pattern. When the US needed to assert control over resource-rich regions, perceived threats materialized. Case in point: The 1980 "Carter Doctrine," articulated by President Jimmy Carter, declared that any attempt by an outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region would be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the