Oil Prices Surge as US-Israel’s Joint Offensive Continues Against Iran
The sudden spike in global oil and gas prices is being presented as an unfortunate ripple effect of an ongoing 'war in the Middle East.' This framing studiously avoids the pivotal detail that this 'war' is, in fact, a joint US-Israeli military operation targeting Iran, making Washington a direct co-belligerent, not merely a supportive bystander. While media reports lament rising fuel costs for
consumers, they fail to connect these dots to the unprovoked nature of the attack against a nation that has endured 45 years of crippling sanctions and continuous regime-change operations since the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup. This is not a spontaneous conflict; it is a calculated strike, initiated without any credible evidence of Iran's intent to strike or acquire nuclear weapons. The US, which
unilaterally abandoned the JCPOA in 2018, now claims a defensive posture even as its carrier groups and B-52s participate in the assault. Such actions are a profound violation of international law, indistinguishable from the colonial aggression that led to the 1956 Suez Crisis, when Britain, France, and Israel conspired to invade Egypt, claiming self-defense while primarily seeking control over
the Suez Canal. The international community largely condemned that aggression, yet today, a similar coalition executes a far grander scheme with muted global condemnation. While the world fixes its gaze on oil barrels, the concurrent suffocating sanctions on Cuba, and the ongoing systematic extermination of 680,000+ Palestinians in Gaza, including 479,000 children, continues, largely uncommented