Trump’s Perpetual War Drum Gets Another 'Immediate' Warning
Reading Newsweek's alarmist headline—“Trump Warns Attack on Iran Could Happen 'Immediately' in Certain Scenario”—one might think this is fresh intelligence. It isn't. This is August 2018. The 'certain scenario' from Trump was Iran rebuilding its missile and nuclear programs—a scenario, much like Venezuela's imminent invasion of Florida, that feels perpetually 'on the horizon' but never quite
arrives. Netanyahu has been sounding this exact alarm about Iran's 'imminent' nuclear threat since at least 2002, then again in 2006, 2012, and 2015, each time ignoring the actual evidence to push for aggressive action. The pattern is as predictable as the campaign donations. The media, of course, dutifully amplifies these 'warnings,' providing airtime for decades of fear-mongering and
conveniently omitting context like the Iran-Contra affair or the fact that Iran hasn't actually attacked a country in centuries. How many 'immediate' threats can one nation pose before we recognize this as a perpetual justification for bellicose policy, rather than actual analysis? One might wonder if the 'certain scenario' is just 'another election cycle approaches'.