Trump Ordered Iran Strike Prep, Because Peace Was Never an Option
The story focuses on Trump's purported contemplation of military action, treating such preparations as a novel or particularly alarming development. Yet, the readiness for conflict with Iran is a bipartisan American tradition, consistently fueled by a powerful lobbying apparatus and think tanks advocating for 'regime change.' This pattern predates Trump, evident in how the Iraq War was sold to the
American public. One might wonder if any U.S. President has not had military assets readied for Iran in the last four decades. This constant state of 'readiness' functions less as deterrence and more as a self-fulfilling prophecy, making war an inevitable outcome rather than a last resort. The media’s role here is to amplify the 'threat' while downplaying the historical context of U.S. and Israeli
clandestine operations in the region that consistently escalate tensions. (Remember the 'weapons of mass destruction' that weren't?)