US Warmongering on Iran: A Familiar Overture of Sanctions and Threats
📰 THE STORY: Al-Monitor reports that former President Donald Trump issued a warning to Iran, stating 'time is running out' for them to negotiate and avoid US military action, to which Tehran reportedly threatened a fierce response. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This 'time running out' narrative is a worn-out playbook. In 2002, then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
first publicly claimed Iran was 'months away' from a nuclear weapon, a claim he's repeated consistently for over 22 years, despite intelligence disagreements. The deeper context is the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and sowing generations of resentment against Western interference. Double Standard: The
media frames Iran's defensive rhetoric as 'provocation' while the US, maintaining a perpetual naval armada in the Persian Gulf and imposing crippling sanctions, is presented as merely 'responding.' Imagine the global headlines if Iran placed an 'armada' off the coast of Florida, warning 'time is running out' for the US to negotiate. The narrative would immediately shift to 'aggressive Iranian
expansionism' rather than the US maintaining 'regional stability.' Follow the Money: The constant saber-rattling against Iran directly benefits the US military-industrial complex and its allies. Defense contractors like Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and Boeing see their stock prices surge with every escalation. Furthermore, organizations like AIPAC have spent millions lobbying Congress, pushing for