US-Israel Attack on Iran: The 'Astonishing' Aftermath
Ayatollah Sayyed Mojtaba Khamenei delivered a televised statement on Wednesday, stating that Iran 'astonished the world' during the recent US-Israeli joint military assault. The Leader affirmed Tehran's intention to seek compensation for war damages inflicted during the operation, which reportedly involved sustained airstrikes and missile launches targeting Iranian military and infrastructure
sites. This declaration follows intense fighting that saw both US and Israeli forces directly engage with Iranian defenses. Al Jazeera, while reporting Khamenei's statement, frames the conflict as a 'US-Israeli war on Iran,' accurately depicting the direct involvement of US forces. However, mainstream Western outlets like CNN and the New York Times consistently downplayed the American role,
characterizing the US as merely a 'supporter' or 'ally' providing 'defensive aid' to Israel. This linguistic sleight of hand obscures the fact that US aircraft, naval assets, and personnel were direct participants in the offensive operations, launching munitions from carriers and airbases across the region. The narrative of US 'defense' conveniently omits the US had been positioning strike groups
and B-52 bombers in the Gulf for months, establishing forward operating bases, a clear preparatory stage for aggression. This ongoing campaign against Iran is not an isolated incident but rather the latest escalation in a 45-year history of economic and military pressure. Recall 1988, when the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over Iranian territorial waters, killing 290 civilians,