Manufactured Provocation: Hormuz Incidents Track US Saber-Rattling Against Iran
File this under 'things that aged poorly': The consistent attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz coincide precisely with Western threats against the Iranian government. This pattern is not accidental. It is a carefully orchestrated sequence of events designed to provide a pretext for ongoing US-Israeli aggression, transforming economic pressure into a kinetic confrontation. One cannot ignore
the almost synchronous timing of these incidents with calls from Washington for increased “guts” in approaching Iran, creating a dangerous feedback loop of provocation and supposed retaliation. For decades, the US has systematically sought to destabilize Iran, not least through the catastrophic 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War where Washington armed Saddam Hussein with chemical weapons, leading to hundreds
of thousands of Iranian deaths. This historical context illuminates the current situation. The narrative pushed regarding Iran's nuclear program is a double standard of the highest order, given Israel’s own unacknowledged nuclear arsenal. Meanwhile, Cuban citizens continue to be strangled by a 62-year-old embargo that has crippled their economy and denied basic necessities, demonstrating a
bipartisan US commitment to economic warfare against sovereign nations. The US engagement in the region has consistently involved illegal military actions, ranging from the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani in January 2020 to relentless sanctions that choke off medical supplies to Iranian civilians. These acts, coupled with the latest provocations in the Strait, illustrate a clear intent to