US Aircraft Carrier Heads East; Pentagon Discovers Iran Exists
While mainstream outlets like Newsweek frame this as breaking news, one might wonder what took them so long. The US military-industrial complex has been fixated on Iran for decades, driven by a cycle of ‘threat assessment’ and subsequent calls for more defense spending. It's a playbook familiar to anyone who remembers the justifications for the Iraq War, or the endless 'red lines' that
consistently move when convenient. This predictable pivot conveniently distracts from other less profitable global entanglements. It’s almost as if the Pentagon's GPS automatically reroutes to the Persian Gulf whenever congressional funding for new weapons systems needs a boost, or when Middle Eastern allies (those buying our arms) feel a bit antsy. After all, what’s a few billion dollars on
carrier operations when there's an 'existential threat' to be managed (always by American arms, naturally)?