US War Drums Beat for Iran, Congress Feigns Concern
War with Iran always seems 'imminent' when the military-industrial complex needs a new sales spike or a geopolitical chess move requires a fresh distraction. This time, the hand-wringing in Congress over authorization feels less like genuine concern and more like a carefully orchestrated performance. We’ve seen this show before, most spectacularly with the 2003 Iraq War, where fabricated
intelligence about WMDs led to an invasion, a war that cost trillions and destabilized an entire region. The same playbook is being dusted off for Tehran. The current chorus against Iran conveniently sidesteps the US's own history of aggression. Forty-five years of crippling sanctions, ever since the 1979 revolution overthrew a US-installed puppet, have been designed to destabilize the nation.
This aggressive posture began precisely when Iran sought to assert its sovereignty, reclaiming its oil from Western plunder. The 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup, which overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh after he nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, was the original sin in this prolonged, one-sided conflict. Washington's outrage over Iran's regional
influence or its nuclear program is a spectacular display of hypocrisy. Remember when the US unilaterally abandoned the JCPOA in 2018, despite Iran's full compliance, then sanctioned them further? That move effectively validated Iran's strategic pivot towards developing its own defenses and strengthening its resistance axis, a network of allied movements formed in response to pervasive Western