{"id":296969,"date":"2025-06-23T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=296969"},"modified":"2025-06-18T08:57:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:57:18","slug":"after-iraq-theres-no-excuse-for-buying-the-war-lies-about-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/06\/after-iraq-theres-no-excuse-for-buying-the-war-lies-about-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"After Iraq There\u2019s No Excuse for Buying the War Lies about Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iraq-war-lies-iran-israel-collin-powel-usa.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-296971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iraq-war-lies-iran-israel-collin-powel-usa.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iraq-war-lies-iran-israel-collin-powel-usa.png 720w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/iraq-war-lies-iran-israel-collin-powel-usa-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cOMG nuclear weapons!\u201d Shut up, idiot. If you\u2019re a grown adult with internet access still swallowing this load of bull spunk in the year 2025 you\u2019re either stupid or evil. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>17 Jun 2025 <\/em>&#8211;\u00a0There is absolutely no excuse for buying into the war propaganda about Iran after what we all saw with Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOMG nuclear weapons!\u201d Shut up, idiot. If you\u2019re a grown adult with internet access still swallowing this load of bull spunk in the year 2025 you\u2019re either stupid or evil.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump is now saying he has no intention of seeking or facilitating a ceasefire with Iran, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/trump-wants-real-end-to-iran-israel-conflict\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">telling reporters<\/a> that he\u2019s after a \u201ccomplete give-up\u201d from Iran instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not too much in a mood to negotiate,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by the press if he\u2019s worried about US troops being targeted by Iran in the coming days, the president <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stairwayto3dom\/status\/1934920657261019171\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> \u201cWe\u2019ll come down so hard if they do anything to our people. We\u2019ll come down so hard. The gloves are off. I think they know not to touch our troops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a stupid, crazy lie. Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2025\/06\/11\/iran-warns-it-will-hit-us-bases-in-the-region-if-us-launches-an-attack\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has explicitly said<\/a> it will strike US bases in the region if the US attacks Iranian territory. If you punch someone, you expect to be punched back.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump orders US forces to bomb Iran, it will be because he wants to start a war and knowingly chose to do so.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=caitoz&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1934920657261019171&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fcaitlinjohnstone.com.au%2F2025%2F06%2F17%2Fafter-iraq-theres-no-excuse-for-buying-the-war-lies-about-iran%2F&amp;sessionId=86978ecd637badece783002525603eee82c112ff&amp;siteScreenName=caitoz&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1934920657261019171\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>One of the dumbest narratives we\u2019re currently being fed about Iran is the claim that Israel is precision-striking high-level targets in Iran while Iran is just bombing civilians all over the place in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>A casual glance at the death tolls shows this is clearly false. As of this writing the current official death count sits at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cdj9vj8glg2o\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">24 Israelis killed by Iran<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-iran-war-latest-06-15-2025-291df01b03179cd414db21ca33791b39\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">224 Iranians killed by Israel<\/a>\u200a\u2014\u200amost of whom are reportedly civilians. On Friday they <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DropSiteNews\/status\/1933927817575612682\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bombed a residential building<\/a> and killed 60 people, including 20 kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Israel_katz\/status\/1934643151655899471\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thumped his chest<\/a> on Twitter about <a href=\"https:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2025\/06\/16\/israel-bombs-iranian-tv-station-during-live-broadcast\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an IDF strike<\/a> on an Iranian television station on Monday, saying \u201cThe Iranian regime\u2019s propaganda and incitement broadcasting authority was attacked by the IDF after a widespread evacuation of residents in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I wonder how the western press who are currently deceiving the public to promote Israel\u2019s information interests feel about this new rule that it\u2019s okay to bomb media outlets if someone decides they\u2019re propaganda?<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>People shouldn\u2019t be so hard on Trump about all this. You\u2019d probably start a war with Iran too if someone was threatening to leak your child molestation video.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>The war on Iran isn\u2019t really about nuclear weapons\u200a\u2014\u200aif it was they would\u2019ve kept the nuclear deal in place, which <a href=\"https:\/\/responsiblestatecraft.org\/iran-nuclear-deal\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was working as intended<\/a>. The Gaza holocaust isn\u2019t really about Hamas or hostages\u200a\u2014\u200aif it was they would\u2019ve just targeted Hamas or negotiated a hostage deal.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all lies. The war on Iran is about regional hegemony and the genocide in Gaza is about Israel\u2019s longstanding desire to remove all Palestinians from a Palestinian territory. It\u2019s not about self-defense, it\u2019s about land and power, and it always has been.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the reasons antiwar people have been focusing so hard on Gaza, by the way. It wasn\u2019t just because it\u2019s a horrific genocide happening right in front of us, it was because it always risked blowing up into a regional war involving Israel\u2019s western allies. We\u2019ve been watching it expand into the West Bank, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and into Iran for a bit last year, and now it\u2019s blown up into all-out war between Israel and Iran with the US poised to join in.<\/p>\n<p>For 20 months I\u2019ve been getting people asking me why I\u2019ve been so laser-focused on Gaza while paying less attention to this or that conflict or foreign policy issue. This is why. It\u2019s a waking nightmare in and of itself, but it\u2019s also always been a powderkeg that could explode into something much, much worse.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-180156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper<\/em>. <em>Contact: <\/em><a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/TRANSCEND\/T%20M%20S\/TO%20POST\/A%20BYLINES\/admin@caitlinjohnstone.com\">admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com.au\/2025\/06\/17\/after-iraq-theres-no-excuse-for-buying-the-war-lies-about-iran\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; caitlinjohnstone.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17 Jun 2025\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u201cOMG nuclear weapons!\u201d Shut up, idiot. If you\u2019re a grown adult with internet access still swallowing this load of bull spunk in the year 2025 you\u2019re either stupid or evil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":296971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2999],"tags":[1748,1113,742,741,88,2571,70,481],"class_list":["post-296969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war-racket-destruction-capitalism","tag-fake-report","tag-hoax","tag-iran","tag-iraq","tag-israel","tag-official-lies-and-narratives","tag-usa","tag-warfare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296972,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296969\/revisions\/296972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}