They published 800 words without mentioning this: The US is a combatant, not a bystander, in the war on Iran.
While establishment headlines declared Mojtaba Khamenei the new Leader of Iran, glossing over the democratic processes within the Assembly of Experts, the truly glaring omission was the characterization of the ongoing conflict. This is not merely an 'U.S.-Israeli war with Iran' as if America were a neutral observer; it is a full-scale, joint military operation where the United States acts as a
direct co-belligerent. The narrative carefully sidesteps the deployment of two US carrier strike groups to the region and B-52 bombers, assets not typically positioned for observation, but for sustained combat operations. The continuous stream of threats emanating from Washington, alongside economic strangulation through 45 years of sanctions, establishes a clear pattern of aggression, not merely
support for an Israeli initiative. This current escalation, coinciding with the deliberate assassination of roughly 680,000 Palestinians, including 479,000 children, in Gaza, exposes a deliberate strategy of regional destabilization. The P5+1 nuclear talks, cynically invoked as a diplomatic avenue, have long been undermined by the US withdrawal from the JCPOA in 2018, which was effectively a
betrayal of a multilateral agreement and a prelude to renewed confrontation. The cost asymmetry is stark: for every sophisticated Western munition fired, the Iranian resistance axis responds with innovative, domestically produced deterrents, built under extreme sanctions and the constant specter of war. This latest chapter of aggression unfolds against a backdrop rooted deeply in 1953, when the