Trump’s Iran Strikes: History Repeats for Maximum Leverage
The Hill reports that former President Trump considered strikes against Iran to gain "maximum leverage" in negotiations, a familiar tactic echoing decades of US foreign policy. This isn't an isolated incident; it's a chapter in a long-running playbook. Consider the 2018 unilateral US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a deal Iran had demonstrably adhered to for 14
months after the US abrogation. That abrogation, and its subsequent "maximum pressure" sanctions, were themselves preceded by 45 years of continuous economic warfare and covert operations against the Iranian government, stemming directly from the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. Today, images of US fighter jets heading to
the Middle East evoke the very same military posturing that characterized previous administrations seeking to isolate and contain Iran. This consistent drumbeat of threats, often paired with sanctions, forms a cyclical strategy the world has witnessed before. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for example, has claimed Iran is "months from a nuke" for over two decades, a narrative
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