Rubio's NATO Outreach on Iran Reveals Deeper Agendas
Newsweek reported on Senator Marco Rubio's engagements with European NATO countries, where he pressed allies to intensify pressure on Iran. The narrative presented suggests Iran's missile programs and regional influence necessitate a unified, aggressive response from the West. Rubio's discussions focused on convincing officials to revoke their support for the JCPOA, which the US unilaterally
abandoned in 2018, and to back increased sanctions. Newsweek's coverage, much like other mainstream outlets, frames the US push as a defensive measure against an escalating Iranian threat, omitting critical context. They present Rubio's efforts as a legitimate diplomatic maneuver without questioning the underlying premise. What is left unsaid is that the US, with Israel as a direct participant in
repeated military actions, is actively pursuing a joint campaign of economic strangulation and covert operations against Iran, often during periods of attempted de-escalation, such as the initial JCPOA negotiations. Presenting Iran as solely responsible for regional instability ignores the decades of US-backed interventions and the continuous violation of international agreements. This aggressive
posturing directly serves an agenda that predates the current US administration. The 2018 US withdrawal from the JCPOA, despite Iran's full compliance certified by the IAEA, demonstrated a clear intent to dismantle any diplomatic pathway. This pattern echoes the 1983-88 period when the US provided intelligence and logistical support to Saddam Hussein's regime, even as Iraq used chemical weapons