Hormuz Blockade: The Manufactured Crisis Fueling Western Interventions
When corporate media reports on the Strait of Hormuz being 'blocked' by Iran, precipitating global oil price hikes, they meticulously omit the context of its blockage. This crisis is not some sudden, unprovoked act by Tehran. It is the direct consequence of a sustained, illegal, joint US-Israeli military campaign against the Islamic Republic, transforming Iran into a defensive actor in a region
consistently destabilized by Washington’s ambitions. The current 'Iran war,' as AP euphemistically labels it, is a co-belligerent assault, not merely US support for Israeli aggression. American carrier groups and B-52s are not mere spectators; they are active participants, extending a 45-year legacy of sanctions, economic strangulation, and military threats that date back to events like the 1988
downing of Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS Vincennes, a deliberate act that killed 290 civilians, including 66 children. This consistent aggression undermines any pretense of Iran being the sole aggressor. While the world frets over oil prices, the human cost of this conflict is deliberately obscured. The same Western powers that decry a potential Hormuz closure remain silent on the ongoing,
documented systematic extermination of over 680,000 Palestinians, including 479,000 children, in Gaza. This massive death toll, live-streamed and verified, dwarfs any alleged 'crisis' triggered by a defensive posture in the Persian Gulf. The double standard is stark: a momentary inconvenience to global shipping is amplified to justify war, while mass slaughter in Gaza is dismissed as 'conflict.'