Iran, Again
If it feels like we have seen this movie before, that is because we have. Different year, same set dressing. A familiar villain, a familiar strongman narrator, and a familiar promise that this time the bombs are precise, the goals are limited, and the consequences will be someone else’s problem. Iran is back in the headlines. “Escalation.” “Deterrence.” “Red lines.” The vocabulary of empire rattles its bones, and the corporate media dutifully translates blood into strategy. Somewhere between the talking heads and the Pentagon press releases, a war shape begins to flicker. Not yet fully formed, but already being normalized. And looming over all of it is Donald Trump , once again auditioning for the role he knows best: the authoritarian showman who confuses dominance with strength and spectacle with leadership. Manufactured urgency, real bodies Let’s be clear about the pattern. When Washington talks about Iran, it is never about Iranian people. It is about posture, leverage, credibil...