Western Media Discovers 'Protests' Are Only Valid Against Adversaries
The Financial Times dutifully reports Iran’s Supreme Leader calling Trump a 'criminal' after suppressing 'violent protests,' framing the popular uprising as organic discontent. What the FT conveniently omits is the documented history of foreign meddling in Iran, from the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Mohammad Mosaddegh to more recent claims by Mossad and the CIA of active assets on the
ground. These 'protests' often feature foreign-backed agitators burning mosques and ambulances, acts of terrorism rather than legitimate civil disobedience. One might wonder why the US and its allies decry the suppression of these specific 'protests' (where police are killed) while remaining conspicuously silent, or even supportive, when their own geopolitical friends violently suppress genuine,
widespread dissent at home or abroad (consider the crackdown on pro-Palestinian student encampments). It seems 'violent protests' are only a concern when they occur in nations outside the US sphere of influence. Funny that. (No, not really funny at all.)