#GeorgeMonbiot: the #History of #Iran and Churchill Exposes How the Past Repeats Itself

#GeorgeMonbiot: the #History of #Iran and Churchill Exposes How the Past Repeats Itself

Wist ik niet: de oorlog met Iran is per saldo veroorzaakt door het in 1953 omverwerpen van het populaire democratische(!) regime in Iran door Engeland en de VS omdat de olie-industrie genationaliseerd werd. ( @NOS )
https://youtu.be/eQ54eG4DjX0?si=ajp2Kz4G20lb1w48
Wat ook nu ook onderbelicht blijft:
het in 2018 opzeggen door Trump van de atoomdeal met Iran was de volgende stap in de aanloop naar de huidige oorlog.
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#ICE's occupation of #Minneapolis is opposed by most Americans.
But the #OvertonWindow is narrow. Debate is framed largely around ICE, rather than as #imperialBlowback from overseas wars and the militarised racism within the USA. The left press explores the big picture, and the #NYT carried an oped by David Wallace-Wells https://archive.is/UGNfs .
But MSM neŵs reporting and Democrats continue to frame ICE as #Trump's overreach, rather than as normal American repression now visiting suburbs.
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The Cradle hosts highlight how US and Israeli policies rely on misinformation, covert operations, and manufactured narratives to justify interventions—from drug-scandals and false accusations against foreign states to drone strikes, Kurdish fragmenta…#Imperialblowback #US #Lebanon #Israelipolicies #Broadcasttheweb
Imperial blowback
The Cradle hosts highlight how US and Israeli policies rely on misinformation, covert operations, and manufactured narratives to justify interventions—from drug-scandals and false accusations against foreign states to drone strikes, Kurdish fragmentation plans, and rising threats toward Lebanon.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/1/spencer_ackerman_dc_shooting_cia
#ImperialBlowback : #DC Shooting
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the man who authorities say shot two National Guardsmen outside the White House, had previously worked in a CIA-backed “Zero Unit” in Afghanistan, often called “death squads” by human rights groups. “The United States made this person into a child soldier, and now is experiencing what I think is one of the most horrifically bright-line cases of imperial blowback that we’ve seen throughout the 'war on terror,'” says Spencer Ackerman, journalist and author focused on U.S. military and foreign policy.