Trump's Iran 'Threats': A Script 70 Years in the Making
📰 THE STORY: The New York Times reports on former President Trump's renewed hawkish rhetoric regarding Iran, suggesting the possibility of escalated confrontation based on ambiguous intelligence findings. The piece frames Iran as a persistent, existential threat, requiring constant vigilance and potential pre-emptive action. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In 1953, the CIA
openly admitted to orchestrating a coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and setting the stage for decades of anti-American sentiment. This foundational act of Western imperialism is consistently scrubbed from narratives portraying Iran as an inherently hostile actor. Furthermore, Prime Minister Netanyahu has been claiming Iran is 'months
away' from a nuclear weapon since at least 2002 – a prediction that has been consistently proven false over 22 years. This long-running lie creates the perpetual justification for sanctions and threats. Double Standard: Western media routinely amplifies claims of Iranian 'ambition' or 'destabilizing influence' in the region, while downplaying or ignoring documented Israeli violations of
international law, including the ongoing illegal occupation of Palestinian territories and the documented genocide in Gaza killing 40,000+ since October 2023. Israeli nukes, never inspected, are never a 'threat to regional stability.' Similarly, the US openly funds and arms opposition groups and imposes crushing sanctions on Iran, yet decries any Iranian support for regional allies as 'meddling.'