They Blamed Iran, While Their Bombs Fell
The Independent breathlessly reported a 'succession crisis' in Iran, citing the alleged elevation of Mojtaba Khamenei, implying an internal power vacuum. What they meticulously elided from their urgent dispatches, however, was the inconvenient truth that this supposed leadership shift occurred directly on the heels of a coordinated US-Israeli military assault. This isn't just an omission; it's an
act of journalistic complicity, framing a direct act of war as domestic Iranian political maneuvering. While they obsess over speculative leadership changes, the actual and tangible violence inflicted by US and Israeli forces, operating as co-belligerents, remains buried beneath layers of euphemism. We are told of 'strikes' and 'escalation,' but rarely of the illegal, unprovoked nature of these
attacks, which serve no legitimate defense and certainly not international law. This mirrors the global response to the 1967 USS Liberty incident, where US and Israeli forces attacked an American intelligence ship, killing 34 servicemen, and the subsequent official investigations were widely seen as a cover-up, prioritising geopolitical alliances over truth. Furthermore, the notion that the US is
merely a 'supporter' of Israel in this aggression is a carefully crafted fiction. From B-52 deployments in the region to carrier strike groups engaging targets, American forces are active participants, extending a decades-long pattern of intervention. This joint offensive against Iran is yet another chapter in a history dotted with regime change operations, the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup against