Independent Discovers Iranians Fear US-Style 'Freedom' Campaigns
When The Independent quotes Iranians fearing their nation becoming 'the next Libya or Iraq,' one might wonder which external forces engineered those unfortunate transformations. It’s almost as if the 'blackouts' extend to major historical interventions by Western powers. The mainstream press frequently highlights internal dissent in countries like Iran, while conveniently forgetting the 'shock and
awe' campaigns and subsequent destabilization that befell nations demonized by the very same narrative. Remember the 'weapons of mass destruction' that justified hundreds of thousands of deaths in Iraq? This narrative consistently ignores how US-led sanctions cripple economies, fueling discontent, which then gets cited as evidence for 'regime change.' It’s the same playbook used before the
'liberation' of Libya—a once prosperous nation now a failed state riddled with open-air slave markets, a direct result of NATO intervention. The 'hopes and fears' are real for Iranians, but the media's framing carefully avoids any introspection on how Western foreign policy contributed to the very destruction they now claim Iranians are so worried about replicating.