The 2009 US Policy Paper that Laid out Future Israel-Iran War

– Far from a series of diplomatic blunders, the escalating tensions in the Middle East are part of a long-standing US policy of baiting Iran into open war in pursuit of containment and regime change;

– As the US has used conflict to reassert itself over Europe, it is seeking to engulf the Middle East in conflict to once again reassert itself there;

– While the US attempts to create plausible deniability regarding repeated Israel provocations, it is the US ultimately enabling Israeli aggression;

– Claims that Washington seeks to avoid escalation contradict US attempts to block accountability for Israel in the UN Security Council;

– Iran has clearly walked into a trap, what remains to be seen is if it was fully prepared to do so, or if it has gravely miscalculated;

References:

Brookings Institution – Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy Toward Iran (PDF, 2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/…

Brookings Institution – Contributors List (2020):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/…

Washington Post – U.S. approved more bombs to Israel on day of World Central Kitchen strikes (April 4, 2024):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation…

Newsweek – White House ‘Very Concerned’ About Prospect of Israel-Iran War (April 4, 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-…

Guardian – No evidence yet of Iran link to Hamas attack, says Israeli military (October 9, 2023):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202…