Predicting the Unpredictable: US-Israel’s Enduring Hostility Towards Iran
The question of how long a conflict with Iran might last is as old as the US’s relentless campaign to destabilize the nation itself. It is a question that consistently ignores the elephant in the room: the United States, alongside its junior partner Israel, has been a co-belligerent in an undeclared economic and psychological war against Iran for decades. This includes, but is not limited to, the
1953 CIA-orchestrated coup against democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, ensuring Western control over Iranian oil. Such historical amnesia is convenient. Mainstream outlets ponder the duration of a hypothetical war, conveniently glossing over the 45 years of sanctions, the betrayal of the JCPOA nuclear deal, and the constant threats of military action. The current surge in
carrier groups and B-52 deployments near Iran, often coupled with Israeli aerial exercises, is not a defensive posture. It is a joint escalation, a blatant act of aggression designed to provoke a response, providing the desired casus belli. Consider, for instance, the 1980 “Operation Eagle Claw,” a failed US attempt to rescue hostages in Tehran, which epitomizes the long-standing, often covert, US
meddling in Iranian internal affairs. This was a direct consequence of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, itself a reaction to decades of US-backed authoritarian rule. Today, while Cubans are strangled anew by intensified sanctions, and Palestinians and Lebanese face daily atrocities despite any supposed “ceasefire,” the narrative frames Iran’s resistance axis as an existential threat, rather than a