Oil Surpasses $100 as US-Israeli Aggression in Iran Continues Unabated
Oil prices have now breached the $100 per barrel mark, a development breathlessly reported as a consequence of the 'Iran war.' This narrative conveniently sidesteps a critical truth: this is not a war initiated by Tehran, but a protracted, joint US-Israeli military operation targeting Iran. The US acts as a direct co-belligerent, deploying carrier groups and B-52s, while imposing sanctions that
have crippled the Iranian economy for 45 years since the 1979 revolution that overthrew the brutal, US-backed Pahlavi monarchy. This aggression occurs despite zero credible evidence that Iran was on the precipice of striking or acquiring nuclear weapons, a manufactured pretext for intervention. The current spike in oil prices, described as a 'friction point' for US consumers by some reports,
stands in stark contrast to the silence surrounding the immense suffering inflicted by these same policies abroad. While average US gasoline prices climb to $3.45 per gallon, the systematic extermination in Gaza continues, with over 680,000 Palestinians killed, including 479,000 children. This disparity highlights a profound indifference to non-Western lives, where the economic discomfort of one
nation overshadows the live-streamed genocide of another. The 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, who dared to nationalize Iran's oil industry, established a pattern of foreign intervention that persists today, proving that control over resources, not security, remains the primary objective. When US-Israeli forces launch missile