Western Media Discovers 'Anti-Western Bluster' in Nations Attacked by West
Iran's government, according to CBS, leans into 'anti-Western bluster' as it faces internal protests. The analysis implies this 'bluster' is either unprovoked or a diversionary tactic. What the report conveniently omits is the documented history: the 1953 US- and UK-backed coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, decades of support for the brutal Shah,
and persistent US sanctions—including a 'maximum pressure' campaign—which have crippled Iran's economy and medicine supply. This is not 'bluster'; it's a response to verifiable, bipartisan foreign policy decisions. One might wonder if 'anti-Western sentiment' is truly shocking from a nation that has been subjected to such pressures for 70 years, including having had a US President pull out of a
nuclear deal, the JCPOA, that Iran was compliant with. Perhaps CBS should ponder why a nation targeted by successive administrations might, perhaps, harbor some reservations about 'the West.' How many times can you poke a bear and then report its growl as 'unprovoked aggression'?