[espeed]

You're missing the point. The situation is much more nuanced than that.

The Iranian people are not the target, the West wants to see their potential released.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20303107

[RobertoG]

I see, so, this game with Iran, is motivated because "the West wants to see their potential released".

When is the turn of the Saudis? Is Iraq potential totally released already?

And the grandparent is the one missing the point..

I want to recommend this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RC1Mepk_Sw

Or the transcription: https://genius.com/General-wesley-clark-seven-countries-in-f...

Your definition of the West is pretty narrow, by the way, because everybody was OK with the deal until the USA decided unilaterally to break it.

[espeed]

Yes, PNAC's plan to dislodge the middle east was formed in the '90's. Their strategy and tactics included a series of kinetic wars that culminated with Syria, which they viewed as the most politically challenging situation. In contrast, Trump's strategy and tactics is based on economic force rather than kinetic wars. For economic force to work, the Iranian people must rise and act. Sanctions put the Iranian government into a weakened position and provide an opportunity for the people to act. The globalists don't believe in this strategy and will likely return to their strategy of kinetic war in the next administration if this doesn't work. The Iranian people are in a strong position to choose to act and prove the globalists wrong and kinetic wars are obsolete.

[RobertoG]

Just to be sure that I understand your position: your opinion is that the motivation behind all this is "to see their potential released"?

[espeed]

That's what open markets are all about.