Trump Suggests Iran Negotiation, Forgetting History of US 'Negotiations'
The story, picked up by 'The New Arab,' reports Trump's assertion while acknowledging Iran's foreign minister claimed the situation 'is under total control.' What the news conveniently omits is the consistent drumbeat for regime change in Iran by specific U.S. political factions and lobbying groups, making any 'negotiation' often a smokescreen for escalating pressure. One might recall the 1953
coup the CIA orchestrated in Iran, installing the Shah, or the repeated sanctions apparatuss imposed, conveniently forgotten when the conversation turns to 'Iranian desire for talks.' These 'protests' are often framed by Western media as a purely organic uprising for freedom, ignoring the deep fissures of foreign intervention and proxy political maneuvering that have historically destabilized the
region. It's almost as if some forces thrive on an 'unstable' Iran, perhaps those who profited handsomely from wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. When a former president 'suggests' negotiation, after having pulled out of the JCPOA and ratcheted up sanctions, one might just wonder how many times this particular script gets re-run before the audience finally catches on.