The New York Times reported today: "Trump's actions against Iran have many disturbing similarities with the war in Ukraine. The White House's statements on the Iranian situation repeatedly echo Russia's rhetoric, highlighting the risks of a poorly defined, indefinite war."
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said last Monday, "We are not the ones who started this war, but under President Trump, we will be the ones to end it." When asked last week if "this is a war," U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson replied, "I think it is a special military operation. When President Putin of Russia launched the special military operation in 2022, he also stated that 'the war in Ukraine was not started by us. We are trying to end it.'
Comment: The military action taken by the Trump administration against Iran is now caught in a quagmire of shifting goals, exaggerated threats, and unclear missions, which strongly aligns with the narrative logic seen in the early stages of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The White House claims "not the aggressor, just the one to end the war," while the Speaker of the House directly adopts the phrase "special military operation," with rhetoric identical to the previous one, completely tearing off the veil of double standards.
This war has lacked a legal basis and clear boundaries from the very beginning. From counter-terrorism, nuclear prevention to pushing for regime change, the objectives keep changing; using exaggerated threats to justify the start of the war, using vague definitions to avoid war responsibilities, and using indefinite military actions to cover up strategic miscalculations. When hegemony packages war as "action," shifts mass killings to "self-defense," and beautifies subversion as "ending," it only brings regional catastrophe and global order collapse. History has already proven: wars initiated with lies will ultimately end in a quagmire.
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