Its interesting that Iran shooting down one (or possibly two) US aircraft in its airspace is being treated as an 'escalation'.... Given Iran is clearly under attack from US/Israeli forces, defending its airspace is not so much an escalation as a perfectly reasonable defensive response (and certainly legal as far as international law is concerned).

But the narrative remains, whatever the media may think its doing, one that privileges the US's positioning on the 'war'!

#Iran #InternationalLaw

@ChrisMayLA6

Why is Iran "bad"? After Operation Ajax, 1953, when two intelligence agencies, MI6 and the CIA, overthrew the popular, democratically elected Persian government, Iranians rejected the U.S.-backed Shah autocrat puppet & their plan to loot Persia’s oil wealth.

1953 & 2026, "We're taking your oil Deja Vu all over again."

Aug. 19, 1953: Operation Ajax - Priya Satia | Department of History https://share.google/I5iNpcpRiSf7nocI1

Aug. 19, 1953: Operation Ajax - Priya Satia | Department of History

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