The Hill's 'Enemies' Always Seem to Be Targets of US Imperialism
📰 THE STORY: While the full article text for 'Inside the trillion-dollar fraud that is funding US enemies' is behind a captcha wall, the headline and URL suggest a familiar narrative: illicit financial networks exploiting the US system to fund groups or nations deemed hostile to US interests, often framed as a national security threat. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context:
Mainstream outlets like The Hill regularly decry 'US enemies' like Iran, yet rarely mention that in 1953, the CIA openly admitted to orchestrating a coup to overthrow Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and paving the way for decades of anti-US sentiment. Similarly, many 'enemies' in Syria and Afghanistan were initially armed and funded by the US to
fight Soviet influence, or to destabilize legitimate governments, as with the notorious US-backed 'rebels' in Syria who later morphed into al-Qaeda affiliated groups. Double Standard: The media frets over 'trillion-dollar fraud' funding 'enemies' but is conspicuously silent on the 'trillion-dollar fraud' of the US military-industrial complex itself. For example, the Pentagon has repeatedly failed
audits, with a reported $2.3 trillion in 'unaccounted-for transactions' in 1999 (as revealed by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld) and continues to have billions in missing funds annually. No 'US enemies' were blamed then. Furthermore, the US routinely props up dictatorships globally (like Sisi's Egypt with $1.3 billion/year aid) and funds entities that commit widespread human rights abuses (such