Pre-emptive Cyber-Blame: Narratives Shift as US-Israeli Aggression Escalates
Suddenly, the focus is on "Iran-linked hackers" taking aim at US and other targets, raising fears of cyberattacks. This narrative conveniently omits the well-documented history of Western digital aggression, consistently painting Iran as the aggressor. One might recall Operation Olympic Games, a covert US-Israeli initiative that unleashed the Stuxnet worm on Iranian nuclear facilities as early as
2010. This was not a defensive measure but a deliberate act of sabotage aimed at disrupting a sovereign nation's infrastructure, an act of war by any reasonable definition. We are meant to believe that Iran's cyber activities are an escalation, yet fail to acknowledge the context of 45 years of crippling sanctions and continuous regime-change operations. While articles warn of "Iran-linked"
groups, the fact that the US and Israel have openly engaged in assassination campaigns, economic strangulation, and direct military threats against Iran is often framed as legitimate statecraft. The double standard is staggering; one side's alleged hacking is a grave threat, while the other's state-sponsored digital warfare and physical attacks are simply unmentioned. This is how manufacturing
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