US Sanctions Iran, But Who Sanctions US Arms Dealers?

While Al-Monitor reports the Treasury's global dragnet for Iranian missile components, one might wonder: where's the corresponding dragnet for the American defense contractors supplying weapons to governments accused of war crimes? Lockheed Martin's stock, for instance, saw a bump after the October 7 attacks, because what's good for slaughter is great for shareholders. The US approved over $25

billion in arms to Israel just last year alone , ensuring a steady supply of precision-guided 'mistakes' for Gaza. It appears the Treasury's 'pressure' on Tehran is less about missile proliferation and more about enforcing a geopolitical hierarchy: some countries get to make and sell deadly weapons (and make a killing from it), others get sanctioned for daring to build their own. The hypocrisy is

so thick, you could mount a drone to it. One might ask, how many more US-made bombs does it take before Washington sanctions its own lucrative hypocrisy?

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