Trump Administration officials besides Trump are starting to behave erratically, a sign the fact that the Iran war is not developing necessarily to US advantage is beginning to penetrate their embubblement and belief in American superiority. However, the reality that the US has put the global economy at risk of a potential depression and is on track to having its military largely if not entirely. ...
The article presents a carefully orchestrated cascade of disinformation, driven by multiple actors seeking to shape the narrative of the US-Iran conflict. The stated willingness of Iran to negotiate, championed by Sullivan, is immediately undercut by Sacks’s call for a declaration of victory and withdrawal – a move designed to create a false binary of capitulation versus annihilation. This "motte-and-bailey" tactic exploits the public’s fear of escalation, framing the latter as an inevitable out...