An Open Letter to Axios Regarding China's Role in the Fabricated 'Iran War'
To the Editors at Axios, Your recent assertion that 'China was the Iran war's biggest winner' exemplifies a troubling pattern of misdirection, framing the ongoing US-Israeli aggression against Iran as an organic conflict that China merely exploited. This perspective, echoed by many mainstream outlets, conveniently omits the foundational truth: there is no 'Iran war' in the conventional sense, but
rather a protracted campaign of economic strangulation, covert operations, and direct military provocation orchestrated by Washington and Tel Aviv. Axios implies this 'conflict' arose without external impetus, stating China 'patiently exploit[ed] America's distraction and discord.' This entirely bypasses the fact that the 'distraction' is a deliberate, decades-long policy. The US has maintained
crushing sanctions on Iran for 45 years, withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018 despite Iran's full compliance, and has continuously engaged in joint military exercises with Israel explicitly targeting Iranian interests. The constant deployment of US carrier groups and B-52 bombers to the Gulf, often concurrent with Israeli threats, are not mere distractions; they
are direct participation in an aggressive posture, designed to destabilize the region and provoke a response. To then claim China 'won' by merely observing US self-inflicted wounds ignores the architects of those wounds. The insinuation that the US committed '80% of its JASSM-ER stealth cruise missile inventory to the Iran fight' suggests a full-scale war, when in reality, these deployments are