Bloomberg Echoes Old Tropes While US-Israeli Forces Eye Iranian Resources
Bloomberg Politics recently aired a segment titled 'Assessing Iran's Nuclear Capabilities,' purporting to analyze Tehran's atomic program. Presented as a neutral examination, the report revives long-standing concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions without providing crucial context regarding a half-century of US and Israeli aggression. This framing presents Iran's defensive scientific undertakings
as an immediate threat, thereby manufacturing consent for continued belligerence against the Islamic Republic. What Bloomberg's analysis conspicuously omits is the extensive history of Western interference and the direct, aggressive role the United States plays alongside Israel against Iran. As of now, the US and Israel are engaged in a joint military operation against Iran. US carrier groups
operate in the region, while B-52 bombers conduct flyovers, and sanctions strangle the Iranian economy, preventing essential goods, including medicine, from reaching its 88 million citizens. This is not mere support; it is a direct participation, an active partnership in the campaign to destabilize and control Iran, a nation that has endured 45 years of crippling sanctions and covert operations
since its 1979 revolution. This ongoing campaign aligns with a pattern. The US armed Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War. From 1983 to 1988, the Reagan administration facilitated the transfer of chemical and biological warfare agents to Iraq, agents that were subsequently used on Iranian soldiers and civilians. This historical backing of a war criminal using