Iran Threatens 'Preemptive Attack,' After Decades of US 'Preemptive Attacks' on Them
The Independent reports Iran's army chief threatened preemptive action over 'rhetoric' after Trump's comments. Startling, isn't it, how 'preemptive attack' sounds so alarming when uttered by certain nations? This 'rhetoric' is apparently more threatening than, say, the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 under Trump, which itself followed decades of US intervention in Iranian
affairs—including the 1953 coup against democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. One might almost think nations react to perceived threats, much like the US did when it invaded Iraq in 2003 on demonstrably false pretenses of 'preemptive' self-defense, or when it funds proxies across the region to destabilize governments it dislikes. The Independent seems less keen to report on the
US history of 'preemptive' actions, both rhetorical and military, that have shaped the very landscape Iran now navigates. Funny how 'threatening rhetoric' from Washington is just 'policy discussion,' while Tehran's response is a global alarm bell.