Trump Eyes 'Exit Strategy' as US Allies Push... Restraint?
This headline offers a familiar, almost comforting narrative: the US, always the rational actor, now pondering an exit from a conflict it perpetually fuels. What's conveniently ignored is the consistent US strategy of destabilization in the region, often couched in terms of 'containment' or 'regime change.' Has the US ever truly had an 'exit strategy' from Iran beyond sanctions and saber-rattling
since the 1979 revolution? One might wonder if 'restraint' from these specific nations isn't just a coded message to preserve their own, often competing, regional interests, rather than a genuine call for peace. Remember President Bush's 'Axis of Evil' speech in 2002, targeting Iran? Or the constant drumbeat from Washington think tanks (many funded by defense contractors, according to Transparency
International) about Iran's nuclear program regardless of current agreements? This 'exit strategy' news sounds less like a new policy and more like the opening act of another manufactured crisis, designed to keep the geopolitical chessboard in perpetual motion (and defense stocks high). How many times have we seen the same playbook with different actors?