US Offers 'Help' to Iranians, Remembers 1953 Too Late
CBS News explores U.S. options for responding to Iranian protests after former President Trump's vague pledge of 'help.' The analysis delves into sanctions or military pressure, meticulously avoiding any mention of the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and paving the way for the 1979 revolution. One might
wonder if this historical amnesia is a prerequisite for discussing 'help' to sovereign nations. The media asks, 'What options does the U.S. have?' when a more honest question might be, 'Are we still running the same playbook that gave us destabilized Iraq, Libya, and Syria?' Meanwhile, the actual Iranian protests often conflate legitimate grievances with foreign-backed agitation, a distinction
conveniently blurred when war profiteers stand to gain. (Perhaps a certain politician's 'help' is mostly aimed at boosting their own defense contractor stock portfolio.)