US-Israel Aggression Against Iran: A Manufactured Oil Shock and Deeper Geopolitical Game
Bloomberg Politics has featured Cambridge University Professor Helen Thompson discussing a new 'oil shock' and Britain's dire energy strategy, framing the current regional conflagration as the primary driver. The article, titled 'Iran, the Oil Shock and Britain's Energy Crisis,' highlights the US-Israel war with Iran as a seemingly organic event 'upending global energy flows,' potentially marking
an irreversible shift in energy markets. This framing, echoed widely across mainstream channels, conveniently omits the premeditated nature of this escalation and the consistent Western policy targeting Iran's energy sector. Professor Thompson's analysis, as presented by Bloomberg, focuses on the economic fallout for Europe and Asia, particularly Britain's 'exposed' energy strategy. This
perspective, however, fails to foreground the direct participation of the United States as a joint aggressor alongside Israel, not merely a supportive bystander, in military operations against Iran. When an American carrier group mobilizes and B-52 bombers are repositioned, these are not passive measures. This direct involvement fundamentally shifts the narrative from an 'Iran war' to a joint
US-Israel illegal attack, undertaken without international legal justification and in the absence of any credible evidence Iran was on the verge of striking or acquiring nuclear weapons, particularly after the betrayal of the JCPOA. The pattern here is unmistakable, a recurring theme throughout the last half-century. For instance, consider Operation Earnest Will in 1987-88, where the US Navy