Letters Say Iran Crisis Reflects 100 Years of US Policy, Not Just Trump
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Updated · The Guardian · Jul 23
Letters Say Iran Crisis Reflects 100 Years of US Policy, Not Just Trump
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jul 23
Summary
Three published letters argue the Iran crisis is a structural product of US foreign policy, challenging a column that cast Donald Trump as the main danger.
Writers say focusing on Trump personalizes a recurring pattern of American intervention, citing Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya as wars launched under more conventional presidents.
The letters also frame the Strait of Hormuz as part of a wider system: global dependence on energy flows, trade routes and military power to secure them.
One letter stretches that critique across roughly 100 years of US wars—from oil and communism to drugs, terror and Islam—while another warns Trump could still inflict damage before November elections.