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  • Iran | The Hastening Rewind

    Iran | The Hastening Rewind

    There’s a funny kind of generation gap when it comes to Americans’ views on Iran. Because Millennials and Gen-Z, the people who weren’t even alive during the 1979 Iranian Revolution and US Embassy seizure, are the ones more likely to know the pre-1979 history that explains why the Iranians would want to take US prisoners,…

  • Why does the US Align Itself With Saudi Arabia? | The Hastening Rewind

    Why does the US Align Itself With Saudi Arabia? | The Hastening Rewind

    The US relationship with Saudi Arabia does more than probably any other US tie to destroy the illusion that the US’ sphere of alignment is based on anything other than economic opportunism. If the US market didn’t have access to Saudi oil, or if Saudi and American targets for oil prices diverged too much, or…

  • How the US Media Lays The Psychological Groundwork For Regime Change | The Hastening Rewind

    How the US Media Lays The Psychological Groundwork For Regime Change | The Hastening Rewind

    The Hot Seat, the US diplomatic and media effort to create support for regime change actions against countries acting out of line with US goals, is crucial to understanding how we got to where we are now with Iran. When the 1979 Revolution in Iran overthrew the US-puppet Shah, the US immediately cranked up hostility…