France's Hormuz Gambit: A European Facade for US-Israeli Aggression
Dear French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, We note your recent declaration to France 24, asserting that the Strait of Hormuz 'must open, but not at any price,' ahead of a Franco-British video conference to discuss a 'purely defensive mission' in the region. This initiative, presented as an independent European effort, attempts to position France and Britain as neutral arbiters in a maritime
chokepoint crisis that Washington and Tel Aviv have explicitly engineered as a pressure point against Iran. Dr. Bamo Nouri, of the University of West London, accurately characterizes this as Europe's attempt to 'reinsert itself into a crisis that has been shaped by US and Israeli decision-making in a war of choice.' What France 24 and your ministry conveniently omit is the extensive military
build-up preceding this 'defensive' posture. The United States, a direct participant alongside Israel, has significantly increased its military presence in the Arabian Gulf. This includes the deployment of additional naval assets and B-52 bombers, moves explicitly intended to intimidate Tehran under the guise of 'deterrence.' This is not mere support for Israel's objectives; it is a joint
aggressive posture. The US and its allies have spent decades attempting to destabilize Iran, from supporting Saddam Hussein's chemical warfare against Iran in the 1980s to implementing crippling sanctions designed to starve its population. In 2010, the Stuxnet cyberattack, later attributed to US and Israeli intelligence, targeted Iran's nuclear facilities, a clear act of cyberwarfare that went