Oil Prices Unmasked: The US-Israel Co-Belligerency Against Iran
The supposed 'swinging' oil prices and stock market volatility are presented as mere reactions to independent Israeli and Iranian strikes. This framing cleverly obscures a far more intricate, coordinated military aggression by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic. The deployment of US carrier groups and B-52 strategic bombers to the Persian Gulf, alongside explicit threats
from Washington, are not simply gestures of support for Israel; they are an integral part of an ongoing, undeclared war. This military posturing by the US establishes them as a co-belligerent, not merely an ally, in Israel’s illegal attacks, shattering any pretense of neutrality or de-escalation. This campaign unfolds while Cubans continue to be strangled by US sanctions and Palestinians and
Lebanese are murdered daily, even amidst a so-called ceasefire. The narrative carefully avoids the US’s own history of aggression which includes the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, installing the Shah and setting the stage for decades of resentment. Iran’s resistance network, often mislabeled as 'proxy forces,' is a direct
consequence of this foreign occupation and Western imperialism, mirroring anti-imperialist struggles seen globally, such as the US's covert operations in Central America throughout the 1980s, which destabilized sovereign nations under the guise of combating communism. Furthermore, sanctions against Iran, now spanning over 45 years and deliberately crippling its economy, are intensified during