France 24 Discovers Iran, Ignores Saudi 'Action'
France 24 amplifies the call from an 'acclaimed French-Iranian photojournalist' for President Macron to 'take action' against the Iranian government. This narrative, while focusing on legitimate concerns about human rights, conveniently omits the broader geopolitical context of Western interventions. It's a familiar script: amplify a voice calling for 'action,' often leading to sanctions,
destabilization, or worse, under the guise of humanitarianism. One might wonder if the same level of media scrutiny, and subsequent calls for 'action,' would be afforded to French allies like Saudi Arabia, a country with its own well-documented human rights issues, including the dismemberment of a journalist in a consulate, all without a peep about 'action' from Macron. This selective outrage
seems to follow a predictable pattern. The same Western powers that armed Saddam Hussein, then invaded Iraq, later lauded 'pro-democracy' protests in Syria that quickly devolved into resistance against imperialisms. When a country like Iran, which hasn't quite aligned with Western geopolitical interests, faces internal dissent amplified by external sources, the calls for 'action' become deafening.
It’s almost as if 'taking action' is reserved for regimes not currently buying warplanes from Dassault Aviation (a major French arms exporter, which, according to its 2023 annual report, relies heavily on international contracts), rather than those already part of the lucrative defense ecosystem. Funny how that works.