Manufactured Disorder |
President Donald Trump’s claim that Iranians are “looking at freedom” coincides with Washington’s announcement of large-scale strikes against IS targets in Syria and with Israel signalling its intent to reduce long-term dependence on US military support. Read together, these developments sketch a familiar picture: lofty rhetoric about liberty paired with force projection, and a combustible Middle East is destabilised.
The moral posturing is difficult to take seriously. American airstrikes in Syria, launched under the banner of counterterrorism, add another layer of violence to........