This is not Iraq. For 118
years, every government in Iran has served Britain's financial empire.
Trump has spent a year dismantling that architecture. The Mullahs were
the last piece on the board. As of this morning, he's clearing it.
Barbara Boyd
Barbara
Boyd argues that the U.S. and Israel’s major combat operations against
Iran, announced by President Trump as Operation Epic Fury, are being
miscast as “Iraq 2.0” and “regime change.” She cites Trump’s message to
Iranians to “take over your government” and JD Vance’s statement that
there is “no chance” of a years-long Middle East war, framing the
strikes as targeted to stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions rather than an
occupation. Barbara shows Iran’s leadership has long served a
British-centered financial system rooted in the 1908 BP oil concession,
reinforced by events such as the 1953 Mossadegh coup and the 1979
revolution. She says Trump’s recent policies—Abraham Accords, the “Board
of Peace,” Gulf investment redirection, and designating the Muslim
Brotherhood as terrorists—aim to dismantle that system, with Iran as the
final obstacle amid escalating retaliatory strikes across the Gulf.
00:00 The Saturday Wrap-Up - NOT IRAQ 2.0: The 118-Year Empire Trump Just Ended - February 28, 2026
02:53 NOT IRAQ: Why This Strike Is Different
06:33 1908: When Britain Seized Iran's Oil
09:57 THE BOARD OF PEACE: Trump's Real Strategy