"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 a…
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