The Casualty Con Game: How 'Activists Say' Drives Imperial Agendas
📰 THE STORY: The AP, citing unnamed 'activists,' claims at least 6,126 people have been killed in Iran's crackdown on protests, with an accompanying image of a US aircraft carrier group arriving in the Mideast, ready for 'any American military response.' The article then subtly links 'Iran-backed militias' to potential attacks, painting a clear picture of impending confrontation. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE
NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In 2002, then-Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Iran was 'months away' from a nuclear bomb. He repeated this claim in 2006, 2012, and has continued to do so for over 22 years. This consistent narrative of an 'imminent threat' from Iran, amplified by media, has paved the way for sanctions, covert operations, and calls for military intervention. The 1953
CIA-orchestrated coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, which installed the Shah, is the bedrock of current US-Iran animosity, a history conveniently erased. Double Standard: Media readily publishes 'activist' claims of thousands dead in Iran—numbers that lack on-the-ground verification—while simultaneously downplaying documented atrocities elsewhere. For
instance, the same media outlets consistently underreport the 40,000+ documented deaths in Gaza since October 2023, often referring to it as a 'conflict' rather than a genocide, despite ICJ rulings and overwhelming evidence of deliberate targeting of civilians. When 30,000 disappeared under the CIA-backed junta in Argentina in 1976, no US carrier group deployed to 'deter' that crackdown; in fact,