Articles pop up from time to time that make us pause for a moment and say, something’s wrong here; around here, we refer to this as a WTF? moment.
Here is one that I highlighted more than a week ago, but unfortunately there was no time to spend on exploring the importance. This article by the Washington Post explores the fact that Iran has launched a Spanish language TV station to be broadcast in Spain and especially South America.
Why?
Is it just good business? Are there Iranian products that require promotion in Spanish speaking countries? Or is there more to the story? As usual, the Washington Post does not explore the importance of the announcement, they only repeat Ahmadinejab’s claim that it will be a blow to “dominance seekers”; I guess that means the US.
Nothing of this scale happens without a good reason, and I doubt that this has anything to do with supporting long term business expansion. This is part of Iran’s plan to win the minds of Spanish speaking people from the US to the tip of South America.
To understand the importance of this move, you have to understand Iran’s intentions in this region. Iran has developed and is using its alliances in South America as a base of operations for infiltrating and eventually attacking the US. Mexico has been destabilized as Iranian backed Hezbollah co-opted the drug cartels; using established drug smuggling operations as a cover for the movement of weapons and terrorists into our country. From missile bases located in Venezuela, Iran will be able to launch missiles capable of reaching southern cities in the US.
When hostilities are triggered with Iran in the Middle East, the inroads they have made into South America over the past decades will be vital to their survival. Terror strikes on the US, originated from the south, are a constant threat against our involvement in a war against their country and interests. The only way to keep their operations intact in South America, Central America, and Mexico, is by winning, or at least confusing the minds of the local citizens.
Terror attacks will be designed to obscure the focus of responsibility from any one country; the ability to quickly tell a story that backs Iran’s version of events is key. They do not have to fully convince local citizens, just instill enough doubt that citizens accept the possibilities that the US is to blame and should not be trusted. We saw this tactic play out in the US in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, and it continues to be played out in the media and college campuses to this day. It is deceit, it is information warfare, and it is a common tactic of terror groups.
I consider the launch of this Spanish language programming to be a key indicator of Iran’s intentions. Iran and its allies consider the minds of all of Latin America worth winning and keeping. It is crucial to their survival, and an admission that they have an investment worthy of protecting.
All you have to do now is accept what that investment is.
