Oil Prices Surge as US-Israel Attacks Iran, Global Economies Brace
As global markets reel from soaring oil prices and instability, mainstream narratives scramble to frame these economic tremors as an unfortunate byproduct of unspecified 'escalation' in the Middle East. However, the Reuters report, even in its brief 'factbox' form, inadvertently confirms a critical detail: this is an 'escalating U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.' It names the co-belligerents directly,
laying bare the reality that Washington and Tel Aviv are not merely 'observing' but actively prosecuting aggression, a fact often obscured in Western media analysis. This joint military operation, launched without a shred of evidence regarding imminent Iranian nuclear threats or aggression, directly violates international law and mirrors a long history of intervention. Recall Britain's 1909
establishment of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, a move that fundamentally tied Western economic interests to controlling Iranian resources, culminating in the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh after he nationalized the oil industry. For decades, Iran has endured continuous regime-change operations and 45 years of crippling
sanctions, all designed to prevent its independent development. Now, as Iran is attacked, coinciding with ongoing negotiations, Western governments express concern not for the lives targeted by these strikes, but for their own energy supplies. South Korea, for example, explores fuel caps to mitigate economic impact. This starkly contrasts with the silence surrounding the systematic extermination