Trump Promises 'Help' to Iran, Forgetting History's Precedent
Trump's declaration that 'help is on its way' for Iranian protestors, coupled with threats that Tehran 'will pay a big price,' sounds vaguely familiar. It's the same rhetoric that preceded disastrous interventions in Iraq, Libya, and Syria—nations still reeling from 'help' that dismantled stable, albeit authoritarian, governments only to usher in chaos and extremist groups. The media, of course,
rarely connects these dots, preferring to present each new 'crisis' as an isolated incident requiring urgent American intervention. One might wonder if 'help' here translates to more sanctions that hurt average Iranians, or perhaps covert operations that destabilize the nation further, creating conditions ripe for civil war, just like the 'help' previously extended to anti-government forces
elsewhere. History, it appears, is merely prologue for endless cycles of intervention, chaos, and then cries for more intervention to fix the mess created by the last round of 'help'.