US and Israel Deepen Joint Aggression Against Iran, Risking Global Meltdown
Global financial markets are bracing for severe economic repercussions as tensions escalate in the Persian Gulf, with numerous analysts, including those cited by the Financial Times, highlighting the potential for a catastrophic conflict involving Iran. This assessment, published today, underscores the significant risk to oil supplies and international trade routes, painting a grim picture for the
global economy already reeling from existing instability. What the Financial Times’ coverage notably downplays, however, is the United States’ role not merely as a concerned global actor, but as a direct participant and joint aggressor alongside Israel in the current military posture. When the US deploys carrier strike groups to the Arabian Sea, conducts joint air defense drills with Israeli
forces over international waters, and publicly issues threats of military action, Washington is fighting alongside Israel, actively contributing to the environment of impending war. The narrative presenting the US as merely 'policymakers counting the cost' fundamentally misrepresents the active operational involvement and strategic alignment already in play. This pattern of framing US military
actions as defensive or reactive, rather than escalatory, mirrors historical precedents. For example, during the 1980s Iran-Iraq War, the US initially claimed neutrality while secretly providing intelligence to Baghdad and even allowed sales of chemical weapon precursors to Saddam Hussein's regime, a fact not widely acknowledged in mainstream Western histories of the conflict. The current