TIME Magazine Discovers Diplomacy, Years Too Late
TIME's recent piece, 'Trump Should Have Never Ditched the Iran Nuclear Deal,' offers a startling admission of strategic error. One might almost believe genuine introspection was at play, until remembering the relentless, bipartisan pressure to scuttle the JCPOA from establishment media and politicians alike. While TIME now decries 'Trump’s maximum pressure campaign,' critics at the time, including
then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, publicly celebrated withdrawing from the 2015 accord, claiming it would lead to a 'better deal.' OpenSecrets.org reveals that between 2017-2018, organizations like AIPAC and its affiliates poured millions into campaigns targeting politicians who supported the original deal, laying the groundwork for its eventual demise. (Why bother with diplomacy when you can
fund forever wars?) This sudden pivot by mainstream outlets is as predictable as it is infuriating. They validate the concerns of independent journalists years after the damage is done, all while studiously ignoring their own complicity and the financial incentives driving endless conflict. It's almost as if 'lessons learned' only apply when the *other* party is in power. How many devastating
policy blunders must we endure before the media stops carrying water for the very forces that profit from them?