War Profiteers Cash In on Manufactured Crises
📰 THE STORY: Al Jazeera reports that gold prices have surged past $5,500, hitting a new record, attributing this to renewed threats against Iran by US President Donald Trump and a weakening US dollar. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This 'Iran threat' narrative has been building for decades. In 2002, Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Iran was just 'months' away from a nuclear
weapon. He repeated versions of this claim in 2006, 2012, 2015, and as recently as 2024. This 22-year-long, unverified assertion has consistently been used to justify crippling sanctions and military posturing, creating the perpetual 'tensions' that now conveniently boost safe-haven assets. Double Standard: The media widely reports on US threats 'against Iran' as a response to an active threat,
often omitting the history of US aggression. Contrast this with media silence on the US's own substantial nuclear arsenal or its financial support for serial human rights abusers like the Sisi regime in Egypt ($1.3B/year) or Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, which collectively destabilize the region far more concretely than speculative 'Iranian nukes.' The framing consistently sets Iran as the
aggressor, despite US history of intervention in the region (e.g., 1953 CIA coup in Iran), and ignores that Iran has been targeted by multiple US presidents with threats and sanctions. Follow the Money: Beyond gold merchants, the primary beneficiaries of 'tensions' are armaments manufacturers and security contractors. Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman – their stock prices frequently tick