Pentagon 'Prepared' for Iran: Deja Vu All Over Again
📰 THE STORY: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly assured President Donald Trump that the Pentagon is fully prepared for any decision on Iran to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability, amid a large US military presence in the region. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This 'Iran is months/weeks from a nuke' narrative has been a constant refrain for over
two decades. Benjamin Netanyahu, then-Knesset member, famously claimed in 1992 that Iran was 'three to five years' from a nuclear weapon. He repeated similar warnings in 2002 , 2009 , 2012 (with the infamous cartoon bomb at the UN), 2015 , and 2024 . The consistent goal has always been to demonize Iran and manufacture consent for aggressive policies, including sanctions and military action. The
1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah, is the foundational act of Western aggression that Iran has never forgotten and which Western media consistently omits from its narratives. Double Standard: Western media, and US officials, frame Iran's nuclear program as an existential threat, despite Iran being a
signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and IAEA consistently confirming no evidence of a nuclear weapons program. Yet, Israel, widely understood to possess an undeclared nuclear arsenal estimated at 80-400 warheads , is never held to the same scrutiny, never sanctions, and never faces 'military options' to prevent proliferation. This double standard exposes the true agenda: not