Manufacturing the Enemy - Iran, Trump, and America’s Recycled War Doctrine

Manufacturing the Enemy examines how the United States repeatedly constructs foreign adversaries to justify coercion, sanctions, and war. Drawing sharp parallels between the campaign against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and the current pressure on Iran, the series explores how propaganda, economic warfare, and moral absolutism replace diplomacy.Through historical context and geopolitical analysis, this work exposes how “maximum pressure” strategies devastate civilian populations while entrenching authoritarian power, destabilizing entire regions, and empowering rival global actors. It challenges the myth of strength through domination and questions whether the United States has learned anything from its past interventions.This is not a defense of regimes—but an indictment of a system that mistakes punishment for policy and arrogance for leadership.