US Media Wonders Why Iran Won't Just Roll Over and Die
Al Jazeera reports Iran's foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, stated strikes won't halt their nuclear program—a surprise to precisely no one who understands national sovereignty. This 'revelation' often omits the historical context: how many times have Western powers, particularly the US and Israel, threatened or acted to destabilize Iran, from the 1953 coup (see: Operation Ajax) to
violating the JCPOA (courtesy of Trump in 2018) despite Iran's compliance? The narrative consistently frames Iran as an irrational actor, ignoring a half-century of external interference. One might wonder if 'strikes won't stop their nuclear program' might actually mean, 'bombing us will only make us double down on our defensive capabilities.' How many 'limited strikes' does it take before the
media questions the sanity of those advocating force, rather than the resilience of the target?