Joint US-Israel Offensive Intensifies as Iran Responds
Let's follow the trail: The recent missile exchange, framed by Western media as Iran's 'most intense barrage,' conveniently omits the foundational context of a prolonged, joint US-Israeli military operation already in full swing. This is not a reactive Iranian move in a vacuum, but a calculated response to relentless provocation and explicit acts of war. Weeks prior, US forces, not just Israeli
assets, were actively involved in targeting Iranian naval units and infrastructure, culminating in the destruction of Iranian mines in the Strait of Hormuz, an act of aggression that breaches international maritime law and imperils global shipping lanes. This narrative twist, casting Iran as the primary aggressor, serves to sanitize Washington's co-belligerent status. While headlines trumpet
Iranian 'barrages,' the massive deployment of US carrier groups and B-52 bombers to the Gulf, alongside continuous joint military exercises with Israel, has been downplayed. This constitutes an undeniable pre-positioning for a large-scale assault, not merely a defensive posture. The betrayal of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018 under the guise of Iranian non-compliance,
despite Tehran's adherence certified by the IAEA, paved the way for this escalation. This mirrors the 1954 CIA-backed coup in Guatemala, Operation PBSUCCESS, which violently overthrew democratically elected President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán to protect corporate banana interests, demonstrating a long history of US intervention cloaked in fabricated threats. The financial leverage behind this