Trump 'Ready to Push Button' on Iran, Media Forgets History
The Independent breathlessly reports Trump is 'ready to push the button' on Iran, with US personnel evacuating a base as 'intervention' is deemed 'imminent.' This echoes a familiar media drumbeat, one that conveniently overlooks the historical pattern of external meddling in Iran. Remember the 1953 US-backed coup against democratically elected Mossadegh? Or how the US funded both sides of the
Iraq-Iran war in the 80s? The same outlets now highlighting 'protests' rarely scrutinize the foreign assets and provocateurs working to destabilize the region, a tactic honed in countries like Libya and Syria. One might wonder why alleged 'protest deaths' in Iran trigger calls for 'airstrikes,' while documented atrocities elsewhere are met with arms deals and diplomatic silence. It's almost as if
'human rights' become paramount only when a nation possesses oil, strategic geography, or refuses to align with Western interests. The pattern is clear: foment unrest, amplify dissent, and then, when the moment is 'imminent,' call for intervention. How many times must this particular button be pushed before we recognize the tune?