AP Discovers Iran Has 'Rhetoric' After Years of US Threats
According to the AP, Iran’s army chief, Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami, is threatening “preemptive military action” over unspecified “rhetoric” targeting the Islamic Republic. The article coyly speculates this might be referring to former President Trump's bizarre promise to 'come to their rescue' if protesters were 'violently killed,' neatly sidestepping the actual, consistent threats of military action
against Iran from various U.S. administrations and Israeli officials for decades. One might call that selective historical amnesia—or just plain propaganda. The AP notes Hatami took command after Israel killed commanders in a 12-day war, but somehow forgets to mention the persistent, state-sanctioned assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists, cyber-attacks on infrastructure, and the 2020 U.S.
drone strike that murdered Gen. Qasem Soleimani. The audacity of Iran to react to such 'rhetoric' after being pushed to the brink by unilateral sanctions and constant threat of war truly begs the question: Is the AP just reporting the news, or meticulously curating a narrative where only one side is allowed to feel threatened?