“The traditional Republican Party” is using Fox and other platforms like National Review magazine to pursue “forever war,” while “that part of the Republican Party can’t win national elections,” he continued, noting that Trump’s rise to political prominence involved a rebuke of President George W. Bush for the Iraq War. “The Israelis have to finish what they started … There’s no rush for the United States” to intervene, he said, arguing Trump’s ongoing buildup of American military forces in the Middle East is because “Trump likes optionality” and he may seek “coercive diplomacy” with Iran. He frequently referred to Iran and Iranians as “Persia” and “Persians” — terms that, while appealing to pop historians, ignore the potent force of modern Iranian nationalism and seem to try to divorce the country from Islam, which has been deeply rooted there for around 1,000 years.
Author: Akbar Shahid Ahmed
Published at: 2025-06-18 21:38:07
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