Trump's 'Very Big Force' Warning: Echoes of a 70-Year Imperial Playbook in Iran
📰 THE STORY: Donald Trump stated a 'very big force' was heading to Iran, following reports of a US carrier strike group deployment to the Persian Gulf, implicitly linking it to recent internal protests in Iran that the article misleadingly times to a 'week after Trump threatened to bomb Iran'. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The current rhetoric of regime change harks back
directly to the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and setting the stage for decades of anti-American sentiment. The US also armed Saddam Hussein during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, leading to estimated millions dead, including from chemical weapons. Double Standard: While the media highlights internal
protests in Iran as justification for a 'big force,' it largely downplays or ignores massive human rights abuses and suppression of dissent in US-allied states like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, or Bahrain, where actual Western-backed dictatorships operate with impunity. The intense focus on Iran's internal affairs, often amplified by foreign-funded opposition groups like the MEK (listed as a terrorist
organization until 2012 by the US), contrasts sharply with the silence surrounding widespread suppression in 'friendly' Gulf monarchies. Follow the Money: Netanyahu has been warning Iran is 'months from a nuke' since at least 2002, a narrative consistently used to justify aggressive postures. The military-industrial complex, from Lockheed Martin to Raytheon, benefits massively from tensions in the