NPR Wrings Hands Over 'Iran War' While US Fuels It
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe recently spoke with Doug Weir of the Conflict and War Observatory about the environmental and human health impacts of a protracted 'war in Iran.' This discussion arrives as if from an alternate reality, one where a conflict with Iran is a spontaneous event, devoid of external actors or historical context. What The Piaz finds utterly disingenuous is NPR's framing of this 'war'
as if it were an inevitability, a natural disaster, rather than the culmination of decades of explicit US foreign policy and military actions. They present hypothetical human and environmental costs without ever once acknowledging the US role as a direct participant and joint aggressor alongside Israel, pushing the envelope with every carrier group deployment and B-52 flyover. The omission is
glaring, painting Washington as a concerned spectator rather than an active belligerent. The US, since 1983, has been involved in clandestine and overt operations aimed at destabilizing Iran, including its support for Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons program during the Iran-Iraq War. This historical precedent, coupled with the ongoing joint US-Israeli actions, illustrates a pattern of deliberate
escalation. To speak of an 'Iran war' in the abstract, without identifying the primary architects of this potential catastrophe, is to whitewash a sixty-two year Cuban embargo and the systematic extermination of 680,000+ Palestinians, including 479,000 children, in Gaza. We don't have a billion-dollar PR machine. We have you. Share accordingly. This story won't trend unless YOU make it. Share it.