UN Security Council to Authorize Force in Hormuz: A Pretext for US-Israeli Aggression?
The UN Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a draft resolution presented by Bahrain, ostensibly to authorize 'defensive' force to safeguard commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from alleged Iranian attacks. This move, reported by Al-Monitor, comes as the narrative suggests Iran has been disrupting the vital waterway in response to what are termed 'US-Israeli strikes' in the
region. The resolution aims to normalize an aggressive military posture under the guise of protecting global energy supplies. What Al-Monitor's reporting overlooks, or deliberately misrepresents, is the historical pattern of using 'freedom of navigation' as a thinly veiled justification for military escalation against nations resisting Western influence. The framing of Iran's actions as a
'stranglehold' and 'threat' ignores the continuous, decades-long economic warfare waged against Tehran. For instance, the Strait of Hormuz has been a flashpoint since the 1980s, when the US, despite its stated neutrality, actively supported Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, leading to incidents like the 1988 downing of Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS Vincennes, killing 290 civilians. This was not an
isolated incident but a clear demonstration of US military dominance in the region and its willingness to use force to maintain it. This resolution effectively provides international cover for what is, in reality, a joint US-Israeli operation aimed at further isolating and destabilizing Iran. The notion that Iran is the sole aggressor in the Hormuz Strait ignores the continuous presence of US and