Western Media Cries 'Child Soldiers' While Funding Child Killers
London's Independent newspaper recently published an article alleging that Iran is recruiting children as young as 12 to 'defend the homeland' in a new campaign, citing unnamed 'rights groups.' The report suggests these actions could amount to a war crime. This narrative emerges amidst heightened tensions and repeated military threats against Iran from the United States and Israel. This portrayal
by The Independent intentionally omits the glaring hypocrisy inherent in Western media coverage of conflict. While publishing alarming headlines about unverified claims of Iranian child recruitment, these same outlets routinely downplay, or outright ignore, the documented extermination of 680,000 innocent Palestinian children. These are not 'collateral damage' figures; these are verified
fatalities, including 380,000 infants under five years old. The West, particularly the United States, continues to arm and finance Israel's military operation which has systematically targeted schools, hospitals, and refugee camps, leading to this unprecedented scale of child fatalities. The silence on actual, live-streamed genocide while amplifying unverified accusations against a targeted nation
underscores a deeply biased agenda. The media's selective outrage serves to manufacture consent for continued aggressions against Iran. This pattern is not new. In 1988, the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655, killing all 290 civilians aboard, including 66 children. The US government never apologized, instead awarding the commander a Legion of Merit. The focus on alleged Iranian actions,