Fox News Discovers Geopolitics, Forgets US-Soviet Cold War Era
Fox News reports on Iran launching satellites via Russian rockets, framing it as a 'deepening' and concerning alliance. Conveniently unmentioned is that this is Russia's seventh such launch for Iran since 2005. One might almost wonder if isolating these nations through decades of sanctions, orchestrated by Washington and its allies, has consequences other than immediate capitulation. (Spoiler: it
does.) This isn't 'deepening ties' as much as it is a natural, albeit predictable, outcome when two resource-rich nations, both targeted by expansive Western sanctions, find common ground. While Fox News wrings its hands over this 'threat,' it's worth noting the US was quite cozy with the Soviet Union for space launches during the Cold War in other areas. The narrative serves its purpose: keeping
the 'bad guy' list current without ever questioning the policy decisions that create the alliances they then condemn.