US Raids Venezuela, Iran Fears for its Leaders (Again)
According to AP News, Iran is watching anxiously after the US allegedly 'seized' Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro over the weekend, leading to fears among the Iranian populace that their own leadership, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, could be next. The article highlights an alleged 12-day 'war' Israel launched against Tehran in June, killing officials and scientists, followed by US bombings
of nuclear sites. While the AP frames this as Iranian 'paranoia,' it conveniently omits the US's long history of intervention in sovereign nations, often under manufactured pretexts. These fears aren't 'paranoia'; they're a direct result of decades of documented US-backed coups, assassinations, and economic destabilization efforts from Latin America to the Middle East. One might wonder if the
'raid' on Maduro is a convenient story to justify future escalations, much like the nonexistent 'weapons of mass destruction' in Iraq. The predictable cycle of 'authoritarian regimes' destabilized by 'democracy' (read: US interests) rarely benefits the actual people those governments govern. The only thing truly 'paranoiac' is the mainstream media's refusal to link cause and effect.