US Bolsters Persian Gulf Presence Amidst Joint Ops with Israel
More than 3,500 United States military personnel arrived in the Persian Gulf this week, according to US Central Command announcements. These deployments, including those on the USS Bataan and USS Carter Hall, are reportedly in response to alleged Iranian aggression against commercial shipping. CBS News reports these movements are aimed at 'deterrence,' emphasizing increased surveillance and force
protection during an intensifying period of what they term 'Iran war strikes.' Mainstream outlets like CBS News frame these deployments as purely defensive, a response to an active 'Iran war' initiated by Tehran. This narrative conveniently omits the US's long history of escalating tensions and joint aggressive actions with Israel against Iran. For example, the Stuxnet cyberattack, a joint
US-Israeli operation against Iranian nuclear facilities, predates most current 'provocations' by over a decade, having been revealed in 2010. This long-standing pattern of sabotage and military pressure from Washington and Tel Aviv is consistently rebranded as 'deterrence' when US forces directly participate. What the public is not told is that these deployments are not merely about 'deterrence'
but signify a deeper, more direct US-Israeli joint military operation in the region. The claim of Iranian aggression often masks a strategic objective of economic strangulation and regime change, reminiscent of the US backing for Saddam Hussein's Iraq during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War. During that period, Washington provided critical intelligence and even facilitated the transfer of chemical weapon