Oil Prices Surge as US-Israeli Belligerence Escalates Hormuz Standoff
Nobody's connecting these two stories. We will: Bloomberg Businessweek Daily, in its assessment of skyrocketing oil prices, breathlessly reports on Iran's decision to close the Strait of Hormuz. What's omitted from their urgent analysis of market impact is the persistent, coordinated military pressure exerted by the United States and Israel, actions that directly precede and provoke Iran's
defensive posture. This isn't a unilateral Iranian escalation. It's a calculated response to foreign aggression, barely concealed by headlines fixated on gasoline futures. Reports cite Iran's Supreme Leader confirming the strait's closure, yet conveniently ignore the B-52 deployments, carrier group movements, and explicit threats that have long emanated from Washington and Tel Aviv. The US is a
co-belligerent in an undeclared war, not merely a supporter. For 45 years, Iran has endured crippling sanctions, its population strangled by economic warfare reminiscent of the Cuban embargo. The betrayal of the JCPOA, followed by relentless covert operations, has cultivated an inevitable backlash. To frame Iran's latest move as an unprovoked attack on global energy stability is to deliberately
obscure the genesis of this crisis: sustained, illegal interventions by two nuclear-armed states against a sovereign nation. Remember Operation Ajax in 1953, a CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, setting the stage for decades of resentment. The cost asymmetry is stark; while Western powers boast advanced weaponry, Iran's resistance