Iran Threatens US Bases: Washington Shocked, Shocked!
Tehran's 'threat' to target US bases in the Middle East, as RT highlighted, is presented as breaking news. What's missing from the mainstream narrative? The tiny detail that the US maintains approximately 50,000 to 60,000 troops across dozens of bases in countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman—all within striking distance of Iran. This isn't a new development; it's a
decades-long military encirclement that conveniently gets rebranded as a 'potential intervention' when Iran points out the obvious implications. We are told to gasp at Iran's audacity, conveniently forgetting that Washington has imposed crippling sanctions on Iran since 1979, and repeatedly threatened military action. One might wonder, how many times can you poke a bear before it growls back? And
why are those permanent military installations—ostensibly for 'stability'—never framed as the real provocation?