(03-12-2026, 08:24 PM)YesItsMe Wrote:
(03-12-2026, 08:24 PM)quintessentone Wrote: They are also saying mainstream media in the USA is not telling all the truths and realities and that is a disservice to the American people.
Considering the lies that THEIR media have to say and how THEIR government and clerics lie, that's rather comical. Not to mention their religion, which is one big lie, as most religions are. And I highly doubt that they actually said that it was a 'disservice to the American people'. The Iranians don't care that much about the American people.
You'll find that in propaganda wars. There will be two sides, and each is going to concentrate on their own viewpoints.
There IS support for the regime in Iran. Truly there is. The best estimates I can find place that support at about 5% of the population. Still, in a country the size of Iran, 5% clocks in at around 4 million people. So of course if one looks for it, one will find support for the view that "Iran hates America and wants the bombing to stop". All one has to do is ignore the other 95% of the population.
Likewise, the American public IS being lied to in some respects. So is the Iranian public, and so is the Israeli public. It's all part and parcel of the Propaganda Wars.
Nothing is ever as good as it's proponents claim, nor is it ever as bad as it's detractors charge.
Look at the American claim to have "destroyed the Iranian Navy". Yet the Straits of Hormuz still remain closed. So, the US is still destroying Iranian boats... but, wait a damned minute... if the US has already destroyed the Iranian Navy, how is it they can still find Iranian boats to blow up?
Answer: someone is being lied to some where... and in this case, it's us Americans being lied to. Some times, you have to read between the lines to get closer to the truth.
Another example: al-Jazeera, in the article captioned above regarding a Beirut bombing, says straight out that "800,000 people have been evacuated". Now how is it that they can evacuate 800,000 people, a pretty sizeable chunk of humanity, in the confusion of a bombing run from Israel?
Answer: Someone gave them a prior heads-up, a warning that bombs were coming, and that civilians should evacuate the area... and they did so in time enough to accomplish that evacuation. the only people who would have known that bombs were coming, and where they were coming to was... the Israelis themselves. So, the Israelis MUST have given a warning to evacuate. That's the part that al-Jazeera is not saying out loud. It would not fit the narrative they are trying to construct.
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