War Propaganda and Iran: The Exact Script Used for Every Failed US War is Hauled Out Again
Glenn Greenwald, February 23, 2026

…”By the time the war begins, Americans’ regrets — which are inevitable — are too late to stop it. And no matter how many times these tactics have proven to be deceitful lies and manipulative propaganda, enough pro-war advocates will convince enough people to believe: maybe this is finally the good war, where some of these claims will finally come true?

Once you look for these tactics, you will see them everywhere. And it is hard to recall a time when they were more visible, and being more aggressively pushed, than in the attempt to convince Americans to support a new regime-change war in Iran. There are so many powerful factions, including one specific foreign country, whose interests will be advanced by this war, that the American people — who, as always, will pay the price — are being steamrolled by the same propagandistic rituals as always. The war propagandists do not even respect Americans enough to change the script even slightly."
https://open.substack.com/pub/greenwald/p/war-propaganda-and-iran-the-exact?r=onv0m&utm_medium=ios