EU’s Kallas Calls for 'Ending Wars' as US-Israel Joint Aggression Against Iran Intensifies
European Commission Vice President Kaja Kallas, speaking to Bloomberg in France ahead of the G-7 meeting, addressed the need to "end the wars in Iran and Ukraine" and ensure the "full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz." Her remarks frame the situation as a series of standalone conflicts requiring resolution, without acknowledging the extensive historical context or current joint military postures
driving instability in the Persian Gulf. Bloomberg's framing, echoed by Kallas, presents the 'wars' in Iran as organic, isolated events. This narrative conspicuously omits the direct, escalating involvement of the US, fighting alongside Israel, in what amounts to an ongoing, undeclared campaign of economic strangulation and military harassment against Iran. There was no 'war' in Iran prior to
these sustained actions; rather, the current tensions are a direct result of decades of US-led sanctions, repeated threats of military action, and the 2018 unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which deliberately undermined a diplomatic pathway to de-escalation that the US itself had helped negotiate. This policy of deliberate destabilization has included
covert operations, cyberattacks such as Stuxnet in 2010 targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, and the assassinations of Iranian officials and scientists, all of which contribute to the 'war' Kallas now laments. This call to 'end wars' conveniently overlooks the continuous US military presence and actions, such as the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group operating near Iranian waters, a direct