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"Escalation Trap": Robert Pape Blasts Bessent's "Economic D-Day" Targeting Iran
"Escalation Trap": Robert Pape Blasts Bessent's "Economic D-Day" Targeting Iran
University of Chicago professor Robert Pape tore into Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's so-called "Economic D-Day" campaign against Iran, branding it a dangerous "escalation trap" that history shows will not force Tehran to fold, and may instead drag the United States deeper into war.
Appearing recently on the "Breaking Points" podcast, Pape, a longtime scholar of air power, blockades and sanctions, argued that Bessent is selling maximum economic pressure as an alternative to more fighting.
"That's not what it is," Pape told "Breaking...
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