Behind the Headlines: The US-Israel War on Iran You're Not Meant to See
President Trump's reported hour-long telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin, where the two leaders allegedly discussed 'proposals' for ending a 'war with Iran,' peels back layers of manufactured ambiguity. There is no 'upcoming' war, no 'threat of conflict.' Naval carrier groups have been deployed to the Persian Gulf, B-52 bombers patrol international airspace, and sophisticated Israeli
airborne assets operate with tacit, if not overt, US logistical backing. This is a joint US-Israeli military operation, disguised by a persistent media narrative of US 'support' rather than primary involvement. Sanctions, now in their 45th year since the 1979 revolution, dating back to punitive measures following the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime
Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, have consistently failed to achieve regime change and now precede active hostilities. Reports of Russia 'helping the Iranians in their war effort' and US envoys warning Moscow not to share intelligence only further confirm the ongoing nature of this US-Israeli collaboration. From Washington's vantage point, Iran's legitimate defense capabilities are framed as
aggression, its resistance axis a network of ‘proxies’ undermining regional stability, while the incessant Israeli assaults on Palestinians in Gaza, totaling over 680,000 Palestinian deaths including 479,000 children, are conveniently overlooked or minimized. The cost asymmetry is glaring. Iran's arsenal, largely defensive and domestically produced, faces the combined, technologically superior