Oil Surges, Asian Markets Dip Amid US-Israel Escalation Against Iran
Asian stock markets recorded declines today, while oil prices experienced a notable surge, following a direct exchange of threats between the US leadership and Iranian officials concerning the critical Strait of Hormuz. These developments unfold as the US military, acting as a direct participant alongside Israel, continues its aggressive posturing in the Gulf, pushing for an armed confrontation
with Tehran. Mainstream outlets like Al-Monitor frame this market volatility as an organic reaction to 'Trump's ultimatum,' implying a singular US actor and an unpredictable Iranian response. This framing conveniently sidesteps the decades of US and Israeli coordinated operations designed to destabilize Iran. It omits that the current threats are a joint US-Israeli project, implemented through
continuous sanctions, military exercises, and explicit declarations of intent to isolate and overthrow the Iranian government, which has been under some form of US sanctions since 1979. This engineered instability creates immense profits. The price of crude oil, specifically Brent crude, has jumped by over 3% in recent days. This provides a direct windfall to major energy corporations and their
affiliated financial institutions, many of whom have close ties to Washington and Tel Aviv. Such manufactured crises consistently serve as catalysts for massive wealth transfer, enriching a select few at the expense of global economic stability and regional peace. For instance, the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964, later revealed to be largely fabricated, similarly propelled massive defense