Trump 'Ready to Help' Iran... Just Like He Helped Iraq?
Newsweek trumpets Donald Trump’s declaration that he is 'ready to help' with Iranian protests—a sentiment entirely devoid of self-awareness. One might recall similar 'help' extended to Iraq, resulting in a 'democracy' that spawned ISIS and plunged the region into further chaos. This isn't concern for human rights; it's the perennial Washington playbook: exploit internal dissent, fund opposition,
then lament the inevitable 'power vacuum' when the whole thing collapses. We saw this act before in Libya and Syria, where legitimate grievances were weaponized by external actors to achieve geopolitical objectives, not genuine liberation. The fact that the story omits any mention of the historical pattern of US interventionism and its disastrous aftermaths—or the documented instances of US
funding to Iranian opposition groups (Reuters, 2018)—is less an oversight and more a feature of mainstream reporting. American 'help' often costs a nation its sovereignty and decades of stability.