“Epic Fury” Against Iran: A Familiar American Performance of Perpetual War
When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and General Dan Caine declare the joint US-Israel military operation against Iran, quaintly dubbed "Epic Fury," won't end "overnight," one can almost hear the collective sigh from anyone who’s been paying attention. This isn't just about 'achieving military objectives'; it's about manufacturing consent for another illegal war, carefully timed during
international negotiations and amidst a relentless campaign of sanctions that have starved generations of Iranians. We’ve seen this script before. Back in 1980, under the guise of 'Operation Eagle Claw,' the US attempted a disastrous rescue mission in Iran, foreshadowing decades of covert and overt aggression, long before the current drumbeat of nuclear threats and fabricated justifications. Now,
with B-52s circling and carrier groups looming, the US and Israel are co-belligerents in an unprovoked assault, not merely 'supporters' in some vague diplomatic sense. The international community watches, largely silent, as international law is shredded by the very nations professing to uphold it. Iran’s defensive capabilities, often dismissed as 'proxy forces,' are actually a network of allied
movements, a direct response to continuous imperialist encroachment and the 45 years of crippling American sanctions following the betrayal of the 1953 CIA coup. The hypocrisy is as thick as the Pentagon’s press briefing rhetoric. While they talk of 'difficult and gritty work' and 'additional losses,' they conveniently ignore the immense financial and human cost asymmetry for Iran, a nation with a