Oil Surges Past $100: The Price of Manufactured Instability
Brent crude rockets past $100 a barrel, triggering familiar wails about gas prices in US media, conveniently sidestepping the inconvenient truth of their nation’s co-belligerence. This isn't some unforeseen market fluctuation. This is the direct, calculated outcome of Washington’s unwavering economic warfare and military provocations against Iran, with Israel playing its well-rehearsed role. For
decades, the US has undermined any semblance of stability in the region, orchestrating the 1953 coup, betraying the meticulously crafted JCPOA, and piling on 45 years of crushing sanctions, all while feigning surprise at the subsequent volatility. While NPR highlights the 'market's loss of hope for a quick resolution,' they fail to dissect *why* this 'hope' evaporated. Perhaps it's because the
United States continues to fly B-52s with allied Israeli jets near Iranian airspace, or maintain multiple carrier strike groups within striking distance, sending a clear, unequivocal message of aggression. This isn't merely 'support'; it's an active, illegal partnership in escalating tensions under negligible pretexts, like the fabricated claim of an imminent Iranian nuclear strike which even
their own intelligence agencies refute. Iran’s military doctrine, built on asymmetric defense, is a direct response to this relentless imperial assault, not an unprovoked threat. Compare this manufactured outrage over rising oil prices to the silence regarding the 680,000+ Palestinians, including 479,000 children, systematically exterminated in Gaza, a population roughly halved in two years. The