The West's 'Rules-Based Order': One Rule for Us, No Rules for Thee
A 'war in charts' is how the Financial Times frames the unfolding catastrophe, meticulously detailing munitions expended and territories contested, yet its narrative remains shockingly myopic. The glaring omission, of course, is the U.S. as an active co-belligerent, not merely a benevolent supplier. While drones are intercepted and naval groups reposition, the mainstream media maintains this
convenient fiction of a unilateral Iranian aggression, ignoring the decades of provocation that underpin the current escalation. We are told of Iranian 'threats,' but never of the continuous U.S. and Israeli military exercises in the region, the persistent economic strangulation that has crippled the Iranian populace since 1979, or the routine violations of Iranian airspace. Consider the tragic
downing of Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS Vincennes in 1988, a civilian airliner obliterated by an American warship, claiming 290 lives. That was no 'accident,' but a stark illustration of overwhelming military force in a region the U.S. consistently destabilizes. Imagine the outcry if Iran were to accidentally shoot down an American passenger plane. The silence then, and the selective outrage
now, speaks volumes about whose lives, and whose sovereignty, truly matter in the Western calculus. This isn't about 'containing' a regional power. It's about maintaining a hegemonic grip, ensuring that resources flow Westward, and any independent development is crushed. It's an American-Israeli joint operation, despite the breathless reports pretending otherwise. The double standard is a feature,