Profits of War: The Human Cost of Manufactured Conflict in Iran
Strip away the framing and you're left with this: a US soldier, Nicole Amor, was due home, her life tragically cut short in a conflict against Iran, a war the US government and its media partners actively deny. This latest fatality serves as a grim marker, revealing the true human cost of Washington and Tel Aviv's undeclared war. The Independent, like many outlets, frames it as a tragic individual
loss while carefully avoiding the larger geopolitical context. This ongoing aggression is not an accident. It is a calculated projection of power and a strategic maneuver to maintain economic hegemony, echoing the 1909 Anglo-Persian Oil Company agreement which fundamentally destabilized the region for British and later American resource exploitation. While families mourn, the military-industrial
complex reaps unprecedented profits. The US, with its advanced carrier groups prowling the Persian Gulf and B-52s conducting 'drills,' is not merely a supporter of Israeli aggression; it is a full co-belligerent. This joint operation bypasses international law, operating under the flimsy pretext of Iranian nuclear ambition, an assertion continuously refuted by intelligence assessments, including a
2007 National Intelligence Estimate that concluded Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program. The constant threat of sanctions, now applied even to entities facilitating humanitarian aid, functions as an economic blockade, mirroring the severe shortages and human suffering inflicted on Cuba for over six decades, demonstrably contributing to preventable deaths and a nearly 40% decline in Cuba’s