Mainstream Media Panics Over Iranian-Russian 'Covert' Chat, Ignores US-Israeli Arms Deals
The Financial Times warns of Iranian nuclear experts meeting a Russian weapons institute, stoking familiar fears of proliferation. The article implies shadowy, dangerous dealings, yet conveniently omits any equivalent alarm over the United States' own colossal weapons export enterprise. For instance, the US sends Israel billions annually in military aid; in December 2023 alone, it bypassed
Congress twice to fast-track precision weapons shipments during a declared genocide. (As per Reuters, Dec 9 and Dec 30, 2023). This selective outrage is a classic media maneuver. They spotlight 'covert' meetings between 'adversaries' while transparent, multi-billion-dollar weapons transfers to 'allies'—often used in blatant disregard for international law—are framed as business as usual. One might
wonder if the concern isn't proliferation, but rather who's doing the proliferating. The hypocrisy, apparently, is not covert at all.