An Open Letter to the ‘International Community’ Regarding Kharg Island
To the esteemed members of the 'international community' who monitor events from behind carefully worded statements, we report that the US-Israeli joint military operation against Iran, now entering its third week, just witnessed yet another escalation. Former US President Donald Trump, speaking to NBC News, openly threatened additional strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island, a critical oil export
terminal, after claiming previous attacks had already 'totally demolished' much of the island. He even suggested hitting it 'a few more times just for fun,' while simultaneously pressuring allies to deploy naval assets to safeguard the Strait of Hormuz, the very choke point his government is actively destabilizing. This comes as Tehran pledges to intensify its response to these unprovoked attacks.
What mainstream outlets like Reuters, whose dispatches formed Al-Monitor's report, consistently omit is the brazen illegality and historical context of such threats. They present Trump’s bellicose remarks without challenging the premise that a sovereign nation’s infrastructure can be bombed 'for fun' with impunity. The framing suggests a legitimate tit-for-tat, when in reality, this is an
undeclared war initiated by two nations against another, violating international law and the UN Charter. There is no evidence Iran was about to strike or acquire nuclear weapons; this is pretext for aggression. The US, since 1979, has applied over 1,600 different sanctions against Iran, a staggering 45-year campaign of economic strangulation that has crippled its economy and starved its people of