US 'Justice' in a Geopolitical Cage Match
📰 THE STORY: Carlisle Rivera has been jailed in the US for an alleged plot directed by the 'government of Iran' to kill an Iranian-American journalist, with US officials framing it as a clear act of state-sponsored attempted murder against a US citizen. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: In 1953, the CIA orchestrated a coup to overthrow Iran's democratically elected Prime
Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and setting the stage for decades of animosity. This wasn't an 'alleged plot' but a documented act of regime change. The US government also armed Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons used against Iran during the 1980-88 war, costing hundreds of thousands of Iranian lives, a far greater 'plot' against a nation. Double Standard: The US media and
government present this alleged plot as an egregious violation, while simultaneously ignoring the US's own history of assassinations and drone strikes against foreign nationals, even US citizens, abroad. Where is the outrage for the US-sanctioned assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq in 2020, widely deemed an act of war? Or the long-standing covert operations aimed at
destabilizing Iran through groups like the MEK, which the US formerly listed as a terrorist organization before rehabilitating it as a tool against Tehran? Follow the Money: Beyond defense contracts and lobbying by groups like the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) that consistently advocate for hawkish policies against Iran, there's the economic incentive. Iranian sanctions, aggressively