Newsweek: Iran 'Updates' Nuclear Program After US Bombing
The article frames Iran's reaction as a deliberate escalation, rather than, say, a predictable response to foreign aggression. This narrative conveniently skips decades of U.S. meddling and sanctions, including President George W. Bush labeling Iran as part of an 'Axis of Evil' in 2002, despite it being a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. When a country is consistently targeted,
sanctioned, and bombed, what precisely is the expected trajectory of its defense programs? We are consistently told Iran is on the verge of developing nuclear weapons, while omitting the fact that the U.S. and its allies, including Israel—a non-signatory to the NPT and widely believed to possess its own arsenal—regularly conduct military exercises. Is it possible that repeated threats and attacks,
rather than preventing proliferation, might inadvertently be incentivizing it? Or are we to believe that only certain nations are permitted to update their defenses after being bombed?