Newsweek Discovers 'American Ice Age' - Conveniently Forgetting the US-Sourced Cold War Thaw
📰 THE STORY: Newsweek's opinion piece, 'The New American ICE Age,' muses on a perceived cooling of global foreign relations for the United States, framing it as a contemporary challenge without delving into its historical roots. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The current 'chill' isn't new; it's a direct consequence of historical patterns. In 1953, the CIA orchestrated a coup
against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and creating decades of animosity. In 1973, the US backed a coup against Chile's democratically elected Salvador Allende, leading to Pinochet's brutal dictatorship. These actions were not isolated incidents but part of a consistent US foreign policy aimed at securing economic and geopolitical interests,
often at the expense of democratic processes and national sovereignty abroad. These historical interventions, and myriad others, laid the groundwork for deep resentment towards US influence that the media now euphemistically calls an 'Ice Age.' Double Standard: When governments like those in China or Russia assert their national interests or seek to influence their regions, Western media often
frames it as aggressive expansionism or a threat to democracy. Yet, when the US orchestrates regime change, imposes crippling sanctions (e.g., against Venezuela since 2019, costing billions and countless lives, or the $7 billion frozen from Afghanistan post-withdrawal leading to mass starvation), or maintains a global network of military bases, it's typically presented as protecting 'national