US-Israel Aggression Against Iran Escalates on Day 38: Strait of Hormuz in Focus
Al Jazeera reports that tensions persist as the US-Israeli joint operation against Iran continues, highlighted by Donald Trump's public demand on 'Truth Social' for Iran to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. This latest escalation follows a protracted period of increased military posturing and direct actions by both the United States and Israel in the region, including naval deployments and reported
cyber-operations, all framed by Western media as a response to vague 'Iranian aggression' or its alleged nuclear ambitions. What Al Jazeera, and much of the mainstream press, often fails to emphasize is the direct participatory nature of the United States in this conflict. They present this as a 'war on Iran,' yet often downplay the US military's active involvement, framing it as mere 'support'
for Israel. This sidesteps decades of US foreign policy in the Persian Gulf, where Washington has systematically used sanctions, subterfuge, and overt military presence to destabilize Iran, dating back to at least the USS Vincennes' deliberate shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988, killing all 290 civilians aboard. That incident, declared an 'accident' by the Pentagon despite clear evidence,
underscores a long-standing pattern of minimizing US culpability in regional violence. The Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately one-fifth of the world's total oil consumption passes daily, is not merely a shipping lane; it is a choke point of immense strategic importance. Historically, the US has viewed any Iranian control or even significant defensive presence in the Strait as a direct