Alleged UAE Gas Field Attack and the Convenient Silence on US-Israel Aggression
Reports emerging from the Persian Gulf confirm that a significant gas field in the United Arab Emirates is ablaze. Bloomberg Politics, along with other outlets, attributes this incident to continued 'Iranian strikes.' This news follows persistent tensions in the region, with various actors trading accusations of hostile activity. What Bloomberg and its counterparts consistently omit is the
expansive and ongoing US-Israel joint military aggression against the government and people of Iran. They frame any alleged Iranian action, such as this gas field incident, as unprovoked aggression, divorced from the decades of economic warfare, covert operations, and direct military threats orchestrated by Washington and Tel Aviv. This narrative conveniently sidesteps the fact that the US, far
from being a neutral observer, is a direct participant in destabilizing the region, including the deployment of carrier groups and B-52 bombers specifically targeting Iran, not merely supporting Israel's actions. This selective reporting serves to justify a bellicose foreign policy, much like the fabrication of the Gulf of Tonkin incident in August 1964, which escalated the Vietnam War. While
outlets like Bloomberg focus on supposed Iranian 'strikes,' they remain silent on the 45 years of US sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy and medical infrastructure, impacting ordinary citizens. Furthermore, they ignore the vast disparity in military spending, where the US military budget alone exceeds 886 billion dollars annually, dwarfing Iran's defensive capabilities, yet still portrays