War Hawks' Delight: Poll Reveals Appetite for More US Military Interventions
📰 THE STORY: The Independent highlights a poll showing a majority of Republicans, especially those who voted for Trump, support the deployment of the US military into more countries, with Iran being a favored target for intervention. The article frames this as a potential direction for US foreign policy under a future Trump administration. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The
media often presents the idea of US military intervention in Iran as if it were a new consideration. This ignores decades of US subversion, including the 1953 CIA-backed coup that overthrew democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and paving the way for the 1979 revolution. Furthermore, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been claiming Iran is
'months away' from developing a nuclear weapon since 2002 — a narrative consistently amplified by Western media to justify aggressive policies against the sovereign nation for over two decades. Double Standard: The "majority support" for attacking Iran is presented as a significant, alarming finding, yet the same media rarely scrutinizes the consistent, bipartisan US military presence and
interventions across the globe (e.g., the 20-year occupation of Afghanistan, which cost $2 trillion, or the continued funding of Israeli military actions in Gaza, which have resulted in over 40,000 deaths since October 2023). When interventions align with US imperial interests, 'public support' is often manufactured or simply assumed; when it highlights potential unpopular wars, it becomes a point