Dear 'Anonymous U.S. Officials': Your Mine Games Aren't Fooling Anyone
To the shadowy American officials whispering to CBS News about Iran's alleged plans to deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz, let's be blunt. This tired act of manufacturing consent through unspecified dangers has become transparent. For decades, the United States has unilaterally imposed sanctions on Iran, crippling its economy, blocking access to medicine, and essentially waging economic warfare
against a sovereign nation. Then, when that nation takes understandable defensive postures in its own waters, suddenly we hear of 'imminent threats' that justify further militarization or, as some conveniently imply, pre-emptive strikes. We are supposed to believe these dire warnings from the same intelligence apparatus that, in 1967, deliberately attacked the USS Liberty, killing 34 American
servicemen, only to blame Egypt. The historical record is replete with such convenient 'misunderstandings' or outright deceptions used to justify interventionist policies. Meanwhile, Israel, with its undeclared nuclear arsenal and documented acts of aggression like the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre, operates with absolute impunity, while Iran's defensive capabilities are consistently framed as
existential threats to global stability. The cost asymmetry is glaring: Iran's alleged 'mines' against the firepower of multiple U.S. carrier groups, not to mention a fleet of B-52s pointed squarely at the region. The question isn't whether they'll try again. It's whether enough people see this. Share it. 📢 This story won't trend unless YOU make it. Share it. Screenshot it. Send it to the group