Nobody's connecting these two stories. We will: UAE and Qatar targetted after Israeli strike on Iranian gas field, US stands by
Attacks on energy facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar intensified this week, with these actions explicitly presented by Western outlets as unprovoked Iranian aggression. The Independent frames these incidents under the headline, "Tehran intensifies attacks on Gulf energy facilities after Israel hits Iranian gas field," almost admitting the context before swiftly pivoting to Iran as
the sole aggressor, obscuring the order of events. What The Independent and similar outlets fail to emphasize, or deliberately downplay, is that these strikes occurred directly after Israel launched its own attack on a major Iranian natural gas field. This critical sequence establishes not an unprovoked escalation by Iran, but a calculated response. Mainstream news consistently portrays Iran's
military actions as isolated acts of belligerence, rather than reactions within a broader, decades-long campaign of foreign pressure and direct aggression. This selective narrative serves to manufacture consent for further intervention, much like the justifications for the 1989 US invasion of Panama, which Washington claimed was to "restore democracy" but conveniently secured US control over the
Panama Canal, despite dictator Manuel Noriega being a long-time CIA asset. The current framing neatly omits the US role as a direct participant and joint aggressor in this ongoing geopolitical chess match. While outlets fixate on Iranian actions, they ignore that the US continuously maintains a significant military presence in the region, conducting joint exercises with Israel and its allies,