US Military Escalation Masks Decades of Failed Iran Policy
📰 THE STORY: Mainstream reports announce the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier to the Middle East, presenting it as a necessary measure to counter perceived Iranian aggression and expand US military options in the region. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The aggressive posture against Iran didn't begin with current headlines. In 1953, the CIA openly
admitted to orchestrating a coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and setting the stage for decades of animosity. The US then armed Saddam Hussein to the teeth in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, a conflict that saw over a million casualties and the use of chemical weapons against Iranian forces by Saddam, with Western silence. For over two
decades, figures like Benjamin Netanyahu have repeatedly claimed Iran is 'months from a nuclear weapon,' a claim first made in 2002 that has never materialized. This consistent drumbeat of war allows for continuous military buildup. Double Standard: The 'Iranian threat' narrative is heavily amplified, yet US allies' actions are conveniently ignored. Saudi Arabia's brutal war in Yemen, which has
caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and a catastrophic humanitarian crisis since 2014, receives a fraction of the scrutiny. Israel's undeclared nuclear arsenal and its repeated violations of international law, including the ongoing genocide in Gaza since October 2023, are rarely cited as justifications for comparable military deployments or sanctions by Western powers. The US sends aircraft