📌 Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei while referring to a claim by US President Donald Trump regarding a potential Iranian attack on the cities of Los Angeles and Santiago—and his description of the cost as very negligible—said that to frighten their people, they fabricate an imaginary enemy in the sky in order to overshadow the real threat on the ground.
In a post on his X account, Baqaei wrote that to frighten their own people, they conjure up an imaginary enemy in the sky to overshadow the real threat on the ground.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson pointed out that the real danger lies neither beyond their borders nor in the skies over Los Angeles and San Diego. It lies in a ruling establishment that has imposed an illegal war on the world, with global consequences.
The US president has even described the destruction of Los Angeles and San Diego as “a very small price to pay.”
This is a textbook example of the politics of fear: frightening people with an imaginary threat, portraying the destruction of their own cities as an acceptable price to pay, and diverting their attention from the real danger.
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