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In 1988, the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655.
290 people.
66 of them were children.
A civilian airliner, flying a scheduled commercial route, broadcasting its identification codes, operating within Iranian airspace, was destroyed by a missile fired by an American warship.
The captain of the USS Vincennes, William C. Rogers III, was later awarded the Legion of Merit, one of the highest military decorations in the United States, for his service during the period that included the shootdown.
The United States never apologized.
The U.S. government eventually paid $61.8 million in compensation to the families, without admitting legal liability and without any formal apology.
290 people.
66 children.
A medal for the captain.
No apology.
Now consider how Iranian actions against American interests are covered.
Consider the language used.
Consider the moral weight assigned.
Consider how many times you have heard the USS Vincennes discussed in mainstream Western coverage of Iranian-American tensions.
You haven't.
Because the architecture of consciousness requires that Iranian grievances not fully exist.
Requires that they be acknowledged, if at all, as context, a paragraph of background before the real story, which is always the Iranian threat, the Iranian aggression, the Iranian program that must be stopped.
290 people fell out of the sky because an American warship shot them down.
The captain got a medal.
And Iran is the irrational, dangerous, threatening party in this relationship.
Hold that. Feel the full weight of it.
That is what they need you to forget.