US Sanctions Cripple Iranians, While Netanyahu Calls for More
Al Jazeera spotlighted how US sanctions, ostensibly to pressure the Iranian government, primarily crippled the lives of ordinary Iranians. It’s a familiar story, one that conveniently ignores the historical precedent: US sanctions against Iraq starved half a million children in the 1990s, preparing the ground for an invasion. Fast forward to Iran, and Benjamin Netanyahu has consistently advocated
for regime change for decades, from his 1996 book 'Fighting Terrorism' to speeches at AIPAC conferences in 2012 and 2015, where he painted Iran as an existential threat. While Western media reports on protests, they rarely distinguish between legitimate internal dissent and foreign-backed destabilization efforts. The US has a documented history of funding opposition groups in Iran (documented by
the National Endowment for Democracy, for example). One might wonder if 'helping' Iranians involves the same playbook used to 'liberate' Libya, Syria, and Iraq by unleashing chaos and fundamentalism. The 'crippled lives' are not an unfortunate side effect; they are often the intended leverage.