According to the propaganda machine in the West, and judging by the endless stream of congressmen flooding my Twitter feed lately, Iran is apparently the source of all the problems in the United States of America.
It’s starting to feel a lot like 2001 again. The same fear campaign. The same talking points. The same message that there’s some terrifying enemy overseas that we need to fight immediately.
And of course, the same politicians who claim they represent the American people are lining up to support it, fully aware that these wars never end quickly and never end cleanly. They drag on for decades, they leave entire regions destabilized, they create endless hatred toward the United States, and they always end with thousands of dead civilians and thousands of dead Americans.
Not to mention, they’re always based on a lie.
And I just have one question.
Is Iran the reason why the US is in an irreversible decline?
Is Iran the reason six families own everything in the United States?
Is Iran the reason corporations are squeezing every last dollar out of American workers while paying next to nothing in taxes?
Is Iran the reason fentanyl is flooding American streets and killing tens of thousands of people every year?
Is Iran the reason young Americans can’t afford homes anymore?
Is Iran the reason people are going bankrupt just to get a hip replacement?
Is Iran the reason kids are graduating from college with hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt… only to end up delivering DoorDash just to survive?
Because if you walked down the street in almost any American city right now and knocked on the door of someone who’s two months away from being evicted and asked them a simple question — “What happened? Why are you struggling?” — do you honestly think they’d say, “Yeah… it’s Iran.”
Of course they wouldn’t.
They’d tell you their rent went up again.
They’d tell you groceries are more expensive every single week.
They’d tell you about medical bills they can’t pay.
They’d tell you about working full-time and still barely being able to survive.
In other words, they’d talk about the problems that actually exist in their lives.
So why is it that every time you turn on the news or scroll social media, the conversation somehow shifts back to another war?
Why is it that every time you see carnage, death, destruction, and war somewhere in the world, the United States military is either directly involved or quietly funding it?
And here’s the part that makes the least sense of all.
The United States itself is clearly struggling.
You don’t need to be an economist to see it.
Roads are falling apart. Bridges are crumbling. Entire towns look like they’ve been abandoned by the government that collects taxes from them.
Millions of Americans can’t afford gas, groceries, or rent without putting it on a credit card.
Healthcare costs are bankrupting families.
And an entire generation is starting to realize that no matter how hard they work, they’re probably going to own less than their parents did.
But somehow, despite all of that, there is always unlimited money for war.
We can’t fix roads, but we can fund another conflict.
We can’t lower healthcare costs, but we can ship billions of dollars in weapons overseas.
We can’t solve the housing crisis, but we can bankroll military campaigns on the other side of the planet.
And if you turn on the news or open social media, the messaging is always the same.
“Pray for Israel.”
“I stand with Israel.”
“We need to help them.”
What about the people living in the country that’s actually paying for all of this?
What about the Americans who elected these politicians in the first place?
What about the people who are struggling just to survive while watching billions of their tax dollars disappear into conflicts they never voted for and will never benefit from?
Because that’s the part of the conversation nobody in Washington ever seems interested in having.
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