Pre-Emptive Strikes Mask Joint Imperialist Aggression Against Iran
The context they conveniently omitted: headlines trumpet 'Iranian-backed militias join fight' as if a regional war sprung spontaneously from Tehran, ignoring the calculated, decades-long campaign of destabilization that underpins this current escalation. The Independent’s framing of Iran’s actions as primary aggression while US and Israeli forces conduct 'strikes on the Islamic Republic' is a
classic inversion of cause and effect. It paints Iran as the instigator, even as US carrier groups patrol the Gulf and Israeli jets infringe on sovereign airspace, both components of a visible, aggressive buildup. This portrayal completely bypasses the 1953 CIA-backed coup that overthrew Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, initiating a cycle of foreign intervention the
country has resisted ever since. For 45 years, comprehensive sanctions have strangled the Iranian economy, a continuous act of economic warfare. In contrast, when the US launched Operation Earnest Will in 1987, engaging directly in the Iran–Iraq War on Iraq's side to protect oil tankers, it was framed as a defensive measure. Such historical details expose a persistent double standard: Western
military presence is 'stability,' while Iran's defensive postures are 'aggression.' The current US-Israeli military collaboration targeting Iran, often during sensitive negotiations and amid ongoing atrocities against Palestinians and Lebanese, is not an isolated incident. It is the continuation of an imperial project. The resistance axis, framed by Western media as 'militias,' represents a