Trump to Hear 'Iran Options,' Ignoring Decades of US-Backed Chaos
Donald Trump is lining up another 'Iran options' session with advisors including Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth, according to The Independent. This sounds like an updated remake of the 2003 Iraq war planning committee, but with more social media. Rubio, who vocally supported the disastrous Iraq invasion (a war based on fabricated WMD claims that killed hundreds of thousands), has been consistently
funded by pro-Israel PACs, including over $210,000 from pro-Israel groups in 2024 alone, according to OpenSecrets.org . Hegseth, a Fox News personality, routinely pushes for aggressive foreign interventions, echoing neoconservative talking points despite their dismal track record. One might wonder if any 'options' considered will include, say, not destabilizing a sovereign nation, or perhaps
respecting international law? Or are we to expect another round of 'regime change lite' packaged as 'support for democracy,' just as we saw in Libya and Syria? The mainstream press consistently frames these discussions without interrogating the architects' past failures or their financial incentives. It's a playbook so well-worn, the pages are transparent.