US-Israel Attacks on Iran: Manufactured Crisis Fueling Profiteering, Not Just 'Conflict'
Mainstream media consistently presents the surge in oil prices as a regrettable byproduct of vague 'conflict' or 'geopolitical tensions' involving Iran. This framing conveniently sidesteps the active role of the United States and Israel as co-belligerents in military actions against the Iranian government. The B-52 deployments, the carrier strike groups in the Arabian Sea, and increasingly overt
Israeli strikes, are not simply reactions. These are coordinated aggressions, calculated to destabilize a region already reeling from decades of foreign intervention. Gas prices are indeed soaring, with Brent crude hitting over $100 a barrel, but this is less about Iran's actions and more about a market engineered for profit during a manufactured crisis. Forty-five years of economically crippling
sanctions, compounded by the unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018, have systematically choked Iran's economy and oil exports. This deliberate strangulation creates vulnerability, which is then exploited by military escalation. It is a cynical cycle: provoke, attack, then profit from the ensuing market chaos. The economic impact on ordinary Americans,
already struggling with inflation and stagnant wages, is not an unfortunate side effect. It is a predictable outcome of policies that prioritize war profiteering over public welfare. While the US economy faces potential recession, defense contractors like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon report record earnings. This echoes the pattern seen in the run-up to the 1991 Gulf War, where a similar narrative