Responses blistering as interviewer asks spox why Iran attacking US bases [Iran] Social media users have responded with blistering incredulity, outrage and bitter mockery to a US interviewer asking a spokesman why Iran is bombing [US bases][1]. His response: > Um, because you’re bombing us from those bases? What do you want me to say? > NBC news anchors asked Iran why it’s justifying attacks on American bases in the region. > > “Um, because you’re bombing us from those bases? What do you want me to say? ” [pic.twitter.com/P8pZU4L5Ix][2] > > — ᗰᗩƳᖇᗩ (@LePapillonBlu2) [March 1, 2026][3] Could anything better sum up the dishonesty and stupidity of western media and the entitled arrogance of the US? Even US respondents thought so too: > OK, the person who asked that question – are they a certified fucking idiot? If not, they are a certified, fucking idiot! Lord help us from all these certified fucking idiots. > > — IAmMe (@IAmINTJ1) [March 1, 2026][4] > Who writes these dumbass questions? > > — Michael J Box (@okanaganchild) [March 1, 2026][5] > Which right wing oligarch owns NBC. > > — Robert Beattie[🇦🇺][🌏][🌊][💙][🏳️‍⚧️][🏳️‍🌈][🇪🇺][🇨🇦][🇵🇦] (@beattiers_1958) [March 1, 2026][6] > Seriously? That was a fucking question? I guess they think all countries should just let us bomb them and not fight back? > > — Turboe4truth [🇺🇸][🇺🇸][🏳️‍🌈][🏳️‍🌈][🇺][🇦🇺][🇦] (@turboe4truth) [March 1, 2026][7] Others pointed out how the idiot question entirely fits within the usual western ‘mainstream’ media framing of western imperialism and aggression: > [pic.twitter.com/DLeAzMuWfk][8] > > — Varangian of the South Seas (@SouthVarangian) [March 1, 2026][9] > [pic.twitter.com/jC9QCgFBlJ][10] > > — V a n a m o n d e [🌙] (@Vanamonde5) [March 1, 2026][11] > Which right wing oligarch owns NBC. > > — Robert Beattie[🇦🇺][🌏][🌊][💙][🏳️‍⚧️][🏳️‍🌈][🇪🇺][🇨🇦][🇵🇦] (@beattiers_1958) [March 1, 2026][12] > They are pro-Israel just like our shitty government. What the fuck kind of question is that to even ask? Like, how can anyone watch this shit and take it seriously? > > — Blayzn Baddie [💋][🌹][💨] (@BlazynBaddie) [March 1, 2026][13] > Teleprompter: why Iran attacks civilian targets in the region gaining new enemies while being totally hammered by [🇮🇱] [🇺🇸]? > Anchors….[🤯] [pic.twitter.com/jZbCM0iWQl][14] > > — Don Pedro (@DonPedro_s) [March 1, 2026][15] > That news anchor is trying to whip up some manufactured consent. They know the truth but is trying to get Iran to say something they can spin. [🙄] > > — a succulent bread sandwich meal (@BeefFace80) [March 1, 2026][16] > The propaganda in the mainstream media is astounding. > > — Alina [🌻] (@alinamercedes) [March 1, 2026][17] But among the many sane respondents, just a few demonstrated that some parts of the US population are no less stupid or blinkered than the media that spoon-feeds them this nonsense. Some were outraged that a spokesman from Iran should be [interviewed by US media][18] at all. Others thought they were being clever by claiming the bombers had come from ships, not from *those* US bases the ships use. As if in war, you only get to retaliate against the parts of your enemy that are directly involved. Canary readers please, if you’re ever in a fight and someone punches you with their right hand, you can only hit back on that same right hand — anywhere else is not fair play. Still others just demonstrated how lacking a gag reflex they are when it comes to swallowing MAGA BS: > That news anchor is trying to whip up some manufactured consent. They know the truth but is trying to get Iran to say something they can spin. [🙄] > > — a succulent bread sandwich meal (@BeefFace80) [March 1, 2026][19] > They’re not – the bombs came from the ships > > — Sukicee88 (@sukicee8857454) [March 1, 2026][20] > The US didn’t launch ANY of the attacks from bases in the region, because we were told a week ago we couldn’t use them by the countries they are located in. > > — Steve Boyette (@im_plane_crazy) [March 1, 2026][21] And others pointed out how the US allows itself to be led by the nose by the one *actual* nuclear-armed rogue state in the region: > The US didn’t launch ANY of the attacks from bases in the region, because we were told a week ago we couldn’t use them by the countries they are located in. > > — Steve Boyette (@im_plane_crazy) [March 1, 2026][22] > The US didn’t launch ANY of the attacks from bases in the region, because we were told a week ago we couldn’t use them by the countries they are located in. > > — Steve Boyette (@im_plane_crazy) [March 1, 2026][23] > You can be anti-trump without necessarily siding with terrorist Iran > > — kanagasomu (@gosumabrigade) [March 1, 2026][24] Two corrupt states with nuclear weapons and idiots and liars for bosses and mouthpieces are threatening one that is trying to exist flanked by the nuclear armed idiot-liars. One televised interview question was all it took to (again) put a spotlight on it. *Featured image via the Canary* By [Skwawkbox][25] [1]: https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/02/28/iran-hits-us-5th-fleet/ [2]: https://t.co/P8pZU4L5Ix [3]: https://twitter.com/LePapillonBlu2/status/2027938373940261290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [4]: https://twitter.com/IAmINTJ1/status/2027972346938528004?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [5]: https://twitter.com/okanaganchild/status/2027944289976914341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [6]: https://twitter.com/beattiers_1958/status/2027983552823046430?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [7]: https://twitter.com/turboe4truth/status/2027991896925053252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [8]: https://t.co/DLeAzMuWfk [9]: https://twitter.com/SouthVarangian/status/2028017773071503701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [10]: https://t.co/jC9QCgFBlJ [11]: https://twitter.com/Vanamonde5/status/2028017020248215805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [12]: https://twitter.com/beattiers_1958/status/2027983552823046430?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [13]: https://twitter.com/BlazynBaddie/status/2027952322072989899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [14]: https://t.co/jZbCM0iWQl [15]: https://twitter.com/DonPedro_s/status/2028015082840432647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [16]: https://twitter.com/BeefFace80/status/2028017794089189856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [17]: https://twitter.com/alinamercedes/status/2028019978734342382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [18]: https://www.nbcnews.com/video/iran-s-foreign-minister-says-call-for-regime-change-is-mission-impossible-258483269809 [19]: https://twitter.com/BeefFace80/status/2028017794089189856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [20]: https://twitter.com/sukicee8857454/status/2028020253712888072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [21]: https://twitter.com/im_plane_crazy/status/2028021051217572110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [22]: https://twitter.com/im_plane_crazy/status/2028021051217572110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [23]: https://twitter.com/im_plane_crazy/status/2028021051217572110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [24]: https://twitter.com/gosumabrigade/status/2027941285508878790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw [25]: https://www.thecanary.co/author/skwawkbox/ https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/03/01/iran-backlash-after-interviewer/