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Here we go again with another regime change war with the US government and Israel using protests to manufacture consent with the American public. The rationale of using the protests as a cover for regime change is a lot thinner than the previous justification of keeping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. And at the same time the Trump administration is now just openly saying it wants regime change. Yes, Israel are sure to attack again (any hesitation they many have comes from the fear of Iran’s hyper-sonic missile arsenal). Israel’s main move at the moment is to insert Mossad agents into the protests to increase the level of violence.
Now to be clear I’m not a booster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his government. Iran -- just like Russia, Israel, Venezuela, Palestine, Argentina, – would be better off having a free election and bringing in a new secular government, but – like Libya, Iraq, Ukraine, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Brazil, etc. – it would be much worse off if its government is couped and replaced with an American/Isreali puppet regime.
Because of crippling primary and secondary sanctions that began in 1979 when Khamanei first took power -- and intensified under Obama, Biden and Trump -- Iran’s economy has tanked. The instability has caused widespread peaceful (at first) protests.
There has been some framing by Israeli propagandists where are the people who protested for Palestine? Why do you not stand with the people of Iran? Well OK since the economic hardships that the Iranians are protesting were caused by US sanctions, are you saying I should protest the US government with “stop sanctioning Iran” signs? Because ending sanctions is the number one thing that would help the people of Iran.
But no, I don’t think that’s what they meant. I think they mean that we should support Israeli and American interference that will destroy the stability of Iran and turn it into a chaotic rump state like Libya that no longer has any power to oppose US interests.
Another element of the propaganda is this image of a woman burning a picture of Khamenei with her cigarette. This is meant to symbolize women’s fight for equality against the oppressive forces of Iran’s Islamic regime. But the picture is fake. It was made by a Canadian woman three years ago and was suddenly pushed by Elon Musk’s X as an image of war propaganda.
What they don’t want you to know is the recent progress Iranian women have achieved. There was the case of the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, this woman was arrested for not wearing a head dress. While in police custody she was severely beaten, had a heart attack, fell into a coma and later died in the hospital. This story caused outrage among the Iranian people leading to widespread protests. The protests led to reforms and women are no longer required to wear hijabs in Iran.
Any time the U.S. bombs another nation you should go on YouTube and watch a travel video of that country for perspective. Start with an Anthony Bourdain episode and go from there. After the bomb Yemen group chat fiasco I checked out a tour video of that country. Turns out the whole country only needs one part-time tour guide as American/Israeli/Saudi Arabian aggressions have isolated the Yemen from world travelers. Did you know Yemen’s island of Socotra was clear blue seas and is an excellent place to watch Dolphins?
Same goes for Iran. It’s a travel writing cliché to write this but Iran is a unique blend of ancient traditional culture and modern technology. Watch the video: you are walking around the city in Tehran, and you see sassy and free women, gigantic candy stores and people living a stable and contented life. This isn’t the horrid third world you were told about.
Yes a travel video is the rose-tinted glasses version of a country but you need to see it for a balanced view.
ABOUT THE VIDEO
The video posted above is about how many Americans, including people who became MAGA became disillusioned with American foreign policy during the Iraq war, just as baby boomers had during the Vietnam war. Many MAGA had adopted the libertarian view that endless entanglements on foreign soil was bad for America and the world, and that is reflected in how the Tucker Carlson camp of the GOP (who are now turning against Israel) had been against funding a forever war in Ukraine. Trump had campaigned in 2016 against the Iraq war and neoconservativism, but now his war language includes Bush-era terms like “weapons of mass destruction.”
Now Trump is turning into the worst neoconservative of all time (he still hasn’t beaten Nixon and Bush’s body count but he’s working on it) and he is manipulating his followers to doublethink: I hated war with Iraq but I love war with Iran. People who get their news from X are falling for it but nationwide the idea of invading Iran has 30 percent support.
‘Nuff Said!
