US Military Escalation: Echoes of Past Invasions
Here's what they buried in paragraph 15: Satellite data showing a surge in US fighter jets across the Middle East is presented as a neutral reporting of facts. This military expansion, however, is not a new phenomenon. It mirrors the strategic deployments and rhetoric that preceded the 2003 invasion of Iraq, an intervention predicated on fabricated intelligence regarding WMDs, intelligence
amplified by outlets like The New York Times. The recurring deployment of these formidable assets near Iranian borders consistently frames the Islamic Republic as an aggressor, despite Iran not having initiated a war of aggression in centuries, while the US has been directly involved in over 20 military conflicts since 1990 alone. These actions unfold against a backdrop of punitive measures, with
Iran having endured 45 years of crippling sanctions. The US unilaterally abandoned the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018, despite Iran's full compliance for 14 months after the withdrawal, effectively betraying an international agreement. The current escalation, including carrier groups and B-52 deployments, aligns perfectly with a long-standing campaign of economic warfare and
regime-change operations, initiated with the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. The cost asymmetry between potential Iranian defensive measures and Western offensive capabilities is rarely discussed. Iran's investment in asymmetric deterrents, often labeled as 'proxy forces' by the Western press, represents a rational response