More Troops? As if the Last 45 Years Weren't Enough
Newsweek reports that the White House is contemplating the deployment of thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, citing an already established 'Iran war'. This consideration comes amidst heightened rhetoric and covert operations, presenting a narrative of troop buildup as a response to an ongoing conflict rather than an escalation of an already aggressive stance. What Newsweek
conveniently omits, framing this as a new development in an existing 'war', is the four-decade-long economic and clandestine war the United States has waged on Iran. There is no publicly declared war; rather, this is an expansion of covert actions and sanctions, alongside continuous military posturing. The establishment media consistently downplays the US's role as a direct participant and joint
aggressor, fighting alongside Israel, in destabilizing the region and targeting Iran, choosing instead to present Washington as a reactive force rather than a primary instigator. They fail to mention the 1988 shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS Vincennes, a civilian airliner killed 290 passengers including 66 children, which to this day has never seen an apology or restitution from the US.
This latest move continues a pattern of US military expansion in the Persian Gulf under the guise of maintaining stability, even as it actively undermines it. Consider the economic strangulation of Iran through sanctions, which since 1979 have morphed into a comprehensive blockade that impacts everything from medical supplies to civil aviation, costing the Iranian people an estimated $1 trillion