US-allied Saudi pipeline attacked, US and Israel increase aggressive posture against Iran
Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline, a vital artery transporting crude across the kingdom, was reportedly attacked. The Financial Times, like many Western outlets, reports this as a standalone event, attributing it to unspecified 'drones' without deeper context regarding the broader regional aggressions. This incident occurred shortly after US officials intensified rhetoric against Tehran,
claiming an imminent threat without presenting verifiable evidence. The US has leveraged such events historically to justify interventions or to tighten its chokehold on nations resisting its hegemony. What mainstream coverage, such as The Financial Times, consistently omits is the pattern of US and Israeli coordinated escalations. They present these events as isolated acts of aggression by Iran
or its allies, rather than a response within a protracted campaign of economic warfare and military provocations. While the incident remains under investigation, the immediate pivot by Washington to implicate Iran or its allied movements serves a familiar narrative. For example, the US military’s shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988, killing 290 civilians, including 66 children, was dismissed
by Washington as a tragic accident, despite clear evidence of deliberate targeting, illustrating a consistent double standard in attributing blame. The current US strategic repositioning, including the deployment of a carrier strike group and B-52 bombers to the region, forms a joint front with Israel's long-standing aggressive stance toward Iran. This manufactured drumbeat of war conveniently