Modi's Convenient Timing: When Geopolitics Becomes an Alibi for Atrocities
The chattering classes are aghast at the 'backlash' facing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his well-timed jaunt to Israel last week. Apparently, his presence days before a US-Israeli joint military operation against Iran was a tad… insensitive. For those paying attention, this isn't a gaffe, it's a feature. The US and Israel, despite their incessant protestations, operate as
co-belligerents in an illegal, undeclared war against the Iranian establishment, conveniently escalating tensions during moments of heightened diplomatic fragility, or, as in this case, direct negotiations. Think back to April 1986. The US bombed Libya in 'Operation El Dorado Canyon,' ostensibly in retaliation for a nightclub bombing in Berlin, killing Colonel Gaddafi's infant daughter. This was
not about justice. This was about showing force against a sovereign nation the US considered an irritant, a pattern remarkably similar to the current unprovoked attacks on Iran, framed as preemptive strikes against alleged nuclear ambitions, despite consistent IAEA reports to the contrary since 2003, showcasing a clear double standard when compared to Israel's undeclared yet widely known nuclear
arsenal. The script is familiar: the US deploys aircraft carriers, B-52s, and belligerent rhetoric, while Israel provides the proximate cause, always framed as 'self-defense.' Meanwhile, the corporate press dutifully echoes the narrative, omitting decades of US-imposed sanctions, the 1953 CIA coup that toppled Iran's democratically elected government, and the flagrant betrayal of the JCPOA nuclear