{"id":35553,"date":"2018-06-27T07:33:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T12:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=35553"},"modified":"2018-06-27T07:33:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T12:33:44","slug":"why-you-should-be-intensely-skeptical-of-everything-you-hear-about-iran-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=35553","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Be Intensely Skeptical Of Everything You Hear About Iran\u00a0Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2018\/06\/27\/why-you-should-be-intensely-skeptical-of-everything-you-hear-about-iran-protests\/\">Why You Should Be Intensely Skeptical Of Everything You Hear About Iran\u00a0Protests<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"eltd-blog-single-share\">\n<div class=\"eltd-social-share-holder eltd-dropdown\">\n<div class=\"eltd-social-share-dropdown\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article id=\"post-4835\" class=\"post-4835 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-news tag-iran tag-maga tag-protests tag-regime-change tag-trump-supporters\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-27-at-9.29.21-AM.png?189db0&amp;189db0\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-27-at-9.29.21-AM.png 879w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-27-at-9.29.21-AM-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-06-27-at-9.29.21-AM-768x492.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"879\" height=\"563\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p>Every few weeks I switch from being accused by pro-establishment Democrats of writing propaganda for Putin and Assad to being accused by pro-Trump Republicans of writing propaganda for the Iranian government, all because I am opposed to US-led regime change intervention in both Syria or Iran. Whichever country the US war machine is roaring loudest at on a given day, that\u2019s the country I\u2019m writing propaganda for, because somehow the social engineers have succeeded in turning regime change interventionism in Iran vs. regime change interventionism in Syria <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/iran-and-syria-why-regime-change-in-one-means-regime-change-in-both-24b7a81510e4\">into a partisan wedge issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Couldn\u2019t possibly just be that I know the US intelligence community lies constantly about such things.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriFleischer\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Ari Fleischer (screen name: AriFleischer)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/952602158943391744\/du26VX8P_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/952602158943391744\/du26VX8P_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/952602158943391744\/du26VX8P_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\">To reporters everywhere: Please pay attention to what is happening in Iran now. I know foreignbureaus are almost non-existent these days, but keep a close eye on this story &#8211; and report it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<div class=\"QuoteTweet\" tabindex=\"0\" data-scribe=\"section:quote\">\n<div class=\"QuoteTweet-nonMediaContainer\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget TweetAuthor--oneLine\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"QuoteTweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">https:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">tatus\/1011216813944901633\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriFleischer\/status\/1011351663028916224\" data-datetime=\"2018-06-25T20:53:21+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: June 25, 2018 20:53:21 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-06-25T20:53:21+0000\">4:53 PM &#8211; Jun 25, 2018<\/time><\/a> \u00b7 <a class=\"u-linkBlend customisable-highlight\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=place%3A0003d1593764cdf8\">Bedford, NY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Today there are reports <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielLMcAdams\/status\/1011709269887078400\">being triumphantly bandied about<\/a> by neoconservative pundits everywhere (often hilariously using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoniaKatiMota\/status\/1011477212443406336\">pictures of the MEK terror cult<\/a>) that some Iranian protesters have been recorded chanting \u201cDeath to Palestine\u201d and \u201cDeath to the dictator\u201d and carrying signs which admonish the Iranian government to pull its troops out of Syria. All of which just so happen to play nicely into the pro-regime change narratives of America\u2019s defense and intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo reporters everywhere: Please pay attention to what is happening in Iran now,\u201d said the Bush administration\u2019s Press Secretary Ari Fleischer in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriFleischer\/status\/1011351663028916224\">viral tweet<\/a> about the new reports. \u201cI know foreign bureaus are almost non-existent these days, but keep a close eye on this story \u2013 and report it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So naturally I am being accused by Trump supporters on social media of being a paid propagandist for the leaders of the Iranian government.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<article id=\"post-4835\" class=\"post-4835 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-news tag-iran tag-maga tag-protests tag-regime-change tag-trump-supporters\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why You Should Be Intensely Skeptical Of Everything You Hear About Iran\u00a0Protests Every few weeks I switch from being accused by pro-establishment Democrats of writing propaganda for Putin and Assad to being accused by pro-Trump Republicans of writing propaganda for the Iranian government, all because I am opposed to US-led regime change intervention in both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[17039,4102,135,441,20705],"class_list":["post-35553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","category-liberty","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-central-intelligence-agency","tag-cia","tag-iran","tag-iran-protests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35554,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35553\/revisions\/35554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}