You’d be right except this isn’t imperialism. There’s no designs to annex or even occupy Iran. There’s no evidence were even trying to get lopsided trade deals or new markets. Venezuela is one thing but cuba and Iran can’t be seen as anything but distraction. Neither were threats, neither benefits the US in any way.
And it’s not racist or dehumanizing either because we’re not saying that’s what those lives are worth to us. But to him? Yeah, he’ll murder thousands and think nothing of it other than being labeled as a war monger instead of a pedophile. Fun fact that he’s apparently not aware of: one can be both. If HE thinks of war as a distraction, then it’s a distraction tactic. This post is preaching to the choir.
They dictated those terms already. They were just more passive about it. This is a punishment, and proof that they always had dictated the terms.