Another day, another "defensive strike" in the Persian Gulf. Three words get typed into a wire report — *U.S. military strikes* — and within twenty minutes every cable chyron in America is screaming about World War III. Within two hours, oil futures twitch. Within a week, nobody remembers what the boats were even doing.
Stay with me, because this is where the dots start connecting.
**The Official Story Is Always the Same Story**
Here's the template. Iranian fast