Americans Do Not See The Big Picture
I found this news report posted on Google News just one hour ago. For sure you should read this article if you are following news in the Middle East and on Iran.
Here is a synopsis, the "Cliff Notes" version. Iran is demanding all Middle Eastern countries to sign a pact saying that they will not participate in an American military endeavor against them.
What I found very interesting is that clearly this news is being widely heralded in the Middle East, but we Americans are in the dark. We are being insulated from some of the very real and dangerous actions that are transpiring in the Middle East by our own Press making a decision that these important pronouncements from Iran do not merit newsworthiness in America.
In fact if you do a review of the news right now, the only thing present on Reuters, API, The Washington Post, and the NY Times are articles about the Congress and Senate wrangling on Iraqi withdraw and the Taliban making a comeback in parts of Afghanistan. Where is the press on this important news from Iran?
The piece ends with this statement:
Are we Americans really understanding the danger and complexity of the situation that Iran seems to be steamrolling to an end?
Here is a synopsis, the "Cliff Notes" version. Iran is demanding all Middle Eastern countries to sign a pact saying that they will not participate in an American military endeavor against them.
"Iran itself demanded signed agreements from its Gulf neighbors that state that they would not participate or assist in any American war against Iran and had explicitly warned the countries of the Gulf."
What I found very interesting is that clearly this news is being widely heralded in the Middle East, but we Americans are in the dark. We are being insulated from some of the very real and dangerous actions that are transpiring in the Middle East by our own Press making a decision that these important pronouncements from Iran do not merit newsworthiness in America.
In fact if you do a review of the news right now, the only thing present on Reuters, API, The Washington Post, and the NY Times are articles about the Congress and Senate wrangling on Iraqi withdraw and the Taliban making a comeback in parts of Afghanistan. Where is the press on this important news from Iran?
The piece ends with this statement:
"We do not know but it seems that Iran will lose international support due to its insistence on developing its nuclear capability. This is clear since China and Russia had voted against Iran in the Security Council. This will certainly facilitate a "military solution" from which we will all suffer and especially Iran itself."
Are we Americans really understanding the danger and complexity of the situation that Iran seems to be steamrolling to an end?
