Trump Mulls 'Very Strong' Options, Media Forgets History of Foreign Intervention
The BBC reports President Trump is considering 'military options' in Iran, citing protests and alleged calls for negotiation. This narrative playbook is a classic: internal unrest, inflated casualty figures, and a US president lamenting human rights violations right before suggesting a 'solution' that inevitably involves bombs. What the BBC article doesn't mention is the long, documented history
of US interference in Iran, from the 1953 coup orchestrating the overthrow of democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh to ongoing sanctions crippling the civilian population, often preceding calls for 'democracy.' (See: 'All the Shah's Men' by Stephen Kinzer for some historical receipts.) One might wonder if these 'very strong options' are genuinely about Iranian citizens or more
about securing geopolitical interests and pleasing certain regional allies (who, incidentally, pour millions into US political campaigns for just this sort of outcome). It's almost as if 'human rights' become critically urgent only when a nation possesses oil, strategic location, or dares to develop independent nuclear capabilities.