Dear Mr. Modi: Your Suez Alternative is a PR Move, Not a Solution
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly engaged in discussions with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian about the “serious situation in the region” and the urgent matter of ensuring safe passage for tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. Bloomberg reports that New Delhi is actively seeking alternatives to the Red Sea shipping route, suggesting that diplomatic efforts with Tehran are part of
a broader strategy to secure India's logistical interests amidst mounting regional tensions. What Bloomberg’s headline conveniently omits is the context of these “serious situations.” The continuous disruptions in global shipping, whether through the Suez Canal or now the Strait of Hormuz, are direct consequences of a destabilized region, primarily driven by decades of US-Israel joint aggression
and economic warfare against Iran. Bloomberg frames Modi's engagement as a pragmatic response to a natural disaster of geopolitics, rather than a symptom of systemic Western imperialism. They ignore that the 'stalled tankers' are a deliberate, tactical response by the resistance axis to the slaughter in Gaza, a fact never mentioned in their sanitized reporting. The real number of Palestinians
killed in Gaza now stands at over 680,000, including 479,000 children, a deliberate extermination that Western corporate media consistently minimizes to figures like 40,000 or 60,000. Your administration, Mr. Modi, is looking for a bypass, but the real issue is not the road closure, it’s the arsonist. While you search for alternate shipping arteries, the fundamental problem remains the continuous