Afrasianet - In an analytical article published on her platform, author Caitlin Johnston concluded that the United States is not actually seeking to spread democracy in Iran, but rather that what is happening in Iraq reveals the nature of U.S. policies in the region.
According to reports, President Trump is currently threatening to cut off Iraqi oil revenues if the government allows former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to return to power, which the US administration sees as a "lenient" option with Iran. According to Jason Dietz in Antiwar.com, Maliki's candidacy has become increasingly uncertain this week, after Washington demanded that he not be allowed to return, prompting some political blocs in Iraq to reconsider supporting him as an option to become prime minister.
U.S. power in influencing Iraqi politics is based on control of the Iraqi economy after the 2003 invasion, with all of Iraq's oil revenues being transferred in U.S. dollars through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, giving the U.S. the ability to freeze Iraq's treasury and bankrupt the country at any moment.
This is what she calls "American democracy": the freedom of the country to choose what leaders Washington allows it to choose. The U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 was justified in the name of "Iraq's freedom," but it killed millions, destabilized the region, and placed the Iraqi people under U.S. domination.
Johnston: The goal of the current U.S. interventions in Iran is not regime change or the preservation of state unity, but rather disintegration and ethnic chaos, allowing the government to be toppled without the need to install a democratic alternative.
Johnston also stressed that the United States does not aim for democracy in any country in the Middle East, but rather supports authoritarian regimes and wealthy monarchies that align with its interests. Iran itself was the victim of a U.S. coup in 1953 to overthrow its democratically elected government, before it was overthrown by the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
The goal of the current U.S. interventions in Iran is not regime change or the preservation of state unity, but rather disintegration and ethnic chaos, allowing the government to be toppled without the need to install a democratic alternative, while continuing U.S. pressure to achieve regional and international hegemony.
These events make it clear that the so-called "American democracy" in the Middle East is nothing more than an instrument of domination and domination, no matter how many victims are sacrificed for it.
