Trump Finds His Inner Neocon for Iran, Again
The story suggests Trump’s hawkish stance is some new revelation, yet it sidesteps decades of consistent US interventionism toward Iran, from the 1953 coup to endless sanctions. This turn is less a U-turn and more a continuation of American imperial design, frequently solidified by figures like Michael Rubin, a prominent neoconservative pundit. Rubin, for example, advocated for 'regime change' in
Iran as far back as 2006 for the American Enterprise Institute, a mere month after the George W. Bush administration designated Iran as part of the 'Axis of Evil.' American presidents may change, but the playbook for nations resistant to US hegemony often remains stubbornly similar. One might wonder if any US presidential candidate has ever genuinely promised a non-interventionist approach to Iran
without being swiftly marginalized. The only 'turn' here is the media's cyclical amnesia, framing established foreign policy as a sudden shift rather than the relentless drumbeat of regime change that successive administrations, whether Republican or Democrat, have consistently echoed (often after generous donations from lobbying groups like AIPAC, though we're talking Iran here, so that's a
different kettle of fish entirely, isn't it?).