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The targeting of Iran is just one part of a global-spanning US foreign policy objective. Just as the US has eliminated Iranian allies across the region to isolate Iran itself, the US is attacking, degrading, and eliminating Chinese partners around the globe to isolate China.

References:

BBC - 'There wasn't even time for CPR': Iran medics describe hospitals overwhelmed with dead and injured protesters (Jan. 11, 2026):
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9rengvnp9o
NYT - Trump Is Briefed on Options for Striking Iran as Protests Continue (Jan. 10, 2026):
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/us/politics/trump-iran-strikes.html
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran (PDF, 2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
New Yorker - The Redirection (2007):
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/03/05/the-redirection
NYT - The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (Dec. 30, 2025):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/30/world/europe/ukraine-war-us-russia.html
BBC - How US Marines are being reshaped for China threat (Feb. 2023):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64294915
ABC (Australia) - Rise in violence against Chinese nationals in Pakistan threatens China's 'Silk Road' vision (Oct. 2024):
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-21/rise-in-violence-against-chinese-nationals-in-pakistan/104487244
Irrawaddy - Myanmar Junta Abandons Chinese Pipeline Amid Resistance Attacks (May 2025):
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/myanmar-junta-abandons-chinese-pipeline-amid-resistance-attacks.html
US State Department - Foreign Terrorist Organizations:
https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/

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