US 'Won't Intervene' in Iran, But Funded Every Prior Regime Change Attempt
Jon Hoffman from the Cato Institute warns against US military intervention in Iran, citing risks of retaliation and harm to a 'nascent grassroots movement.' This concern for 'grassroots movements' comes from an establishment that routinely funds opposition groups, sanctions entire populations, and has a history of regime change operations in the region – think 1953 in Iran, Iraq in 2003, or Libya
in 2011. It appears the only lesson learned from past overthrows isn't 'don't interfere', but 'don't get caught directly bombing this time.' The US doctrine of 'political engineering' has a long, bloody history in the Middle East, masked by convenient amnesia when discussing the current state of 'brutal dictatorships' they often helped install or destabilize in the first place.