New Decade, Old Mistakes
Fordow. Natanz. Isfahan. Another swift strike. Another long war?
June 23, 2025 – Washington, D.C.
In a televised statement laced with patriotic flourish, President Trump announced a joint U.S.-Israeli air campaign that struck three of Iran’s nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. The President called it “a monumental day for peace and security.” A banner behind him read: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
If this feels familiar, it should.
In 2003, America’s leadership declared victory in Iraq just weeks into a campaign that would spiral into years of violence, insurgency, and unintended consequences. Then, too, intelligence was labeled “conclusive.” Then, too, success was framed in absolutes.
And then came the decades of war.
This time, officials speak of surgical strikes and targeted aims. They say this isn’t about regime change. But the vocabulary is already echoing the past: “decisive,” “proportionate,” “historic.” And the response? Predictable. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has vowed retaliation. Oil prices are rattling markets. The region is on edge.
The cost of this confidence will not be measured in headlines. It will be measured in lives.
This poster, New Decade, Old Mistakes, captures the eerie déjà vu of our moment. A smoldering crater. A banner flapping in the wind. Intelligence reports stamped “ASSUMED” and “UNKNOWN.” In the corner, a newspaper clipping from 2003: VICTORY IN IRAQ.
This is not prophecy. This is pattern.
Do you believe history is repeating itself?
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