Bloomberg Wonders 'What Next' for Iran, Forgetting Its Own Headlines
Bloomberg (Source: Bloomberg Politics) ponders the longevity of Iran's leadership, fixating on internal pressures and the Revolutionary Guard's power. What's notably absent from this predictive exercise is the four-decades-long, well-documented U.S. policy of destabilization, sanctions, and regime change operations that have consistently fueled internal dissent while simultaneously strengthening
the very 'hardliners' the West claims to oppose. One might recall the conveniently forgotten 1953 CIA-backed coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and paving the way for the 1979 revolution. Instead of genuinely exploring complex internal dynamics, the narrative consistently defaults to a binary choice imposed by external actors.
It appears some media outlets (and their audiences) prefer their geopolitical thrillers with a clear villain and the perpetual hope for 'collapse,' rather than confronting their own government's starring role in creating the drama. How many more times will the West 'predict' the end of a regime it actively works to undermine before acknowledging its own agency in the outcome?