Treasury Declares Iran's Economy 'On The Ropes'—Thanks To Our Ropes
According to Al-Monitor, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Iran's economy is 'on the ropes' with high inflation, explicitly crediting U.S. sanctions. He then pivoted to underscore President Trump's 'warning' against harming protesters. The irony, or perhaps the audacity, of crippling a nation's economy and then demanding political stability is apparently lost on officials who've never had
their own gas prices triple overnight. This isn't a 'precarious moment'; it's the predictable outcome of deliberate economic warfare. Critics might point out that if the goal is to prevent harm to a population, perhaps the first step isn't to starve them into submission. Sanctions, much like a medieval siege, rarely distinguish between the regime and its citizens. One might ask, how many
'warnings' does Washington issue to a government before realizing their own policies are exacerbating the very instability they claim to deplore? (Or is that the point?)