Israel Demands US War on Iran: A Familiar Script
Zoom out for a second: Israeli President Isaac Herzog, with all the subtlety of a B-52 flyover, declared that the Middle East's future 'depends on' American action in Iran. This wasn't a humble request. It was a bald-faced demand, delivered just as US strikes against the Iranian establishment were underway. He framed it as a 'historic juncture,' an 'opportunity to divert this age-old' threat. It's
a convenient narrative, particularly when you consider the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, a foundational act of Western meddling that directly contributed to the current geopolitical tensions. The current drumbeat for war, echoing through Washington's halls, conveniently ignores four and a half decades of crippling
sanctions and continuous regime-change operations. While the US and Israel paint Iran's resistance axis as an existential menace, they conveniently omit that Iran’s strategic depth is a direct response to foreign occupation and persistent Western imperialism. This aggressive stance is further compounded by the continuous supply of advanced weaponry to Israel, such as the 57 F-35 fighter jets
delivered by 2023, effectively an admission of joint military capability. One might recall the Suez Crisis of 1956, where similar calls for Western intervention, albeit from different actors, framed regional instability as a pretext for deeper encroachment. The cynical timing of Herzog's statement, mid-strike, exposes the US as a co-belligerent, not merely a supporter. While Washington and Tel