Trump's 'Armada' Rhetoric: A Perennial Prologue to Manufactured Crises
📰 THE STORY: CBS News reports on former President Trump's assertion that an 'armada' of warships is headed towards Iran 'just in case,' framing it as a response to vague threats and ongoing protests within Iran. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The current rhetoric conveniently omits the foundational act of US interference: the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's
democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and paving the way for the 1979 revolution and decades of US-Iran hostility. This 'armada' is not sailing into a vacuum, but into a history forged by foreign intervention. From 1980-1988, the US, under Reagan, armed Saddam Hussein's Iraq, enabling his regime to gas Iranian troops and civilians – a fact rarely
acknowledged in Western media's portrayal of Iran as the sole aggressor. Double Standard: Western media and politicians decry Iran's supposed nuclear ambitions while ignoring Israel's unacknowledged, yet widely known, nuclear arsenal. Benjamin Netanyahu has been warning the world that Iran is 'months away from a nuclear weapon' since 2002, a claim unsupported by IAEA reports and endlessly recycled
to justify aggression. Meanwhile, the US sells billions in advanced weaponry to Saudi Arabia, whose human rights record is routinely downplayed, and to Israel, currently engaged in a documented genocide in Gaza, without a single 'armada' sent to deter them. Follow the Money: War, or the threat of it, is immensely profitable. The US defense industry is a major recipient of corporate welfare, with