US-Israel Co-belligerence Against Iran Intensifies Amidst False Flag Allegations
Al-Monitor reports recent missile threats from Iran towards Israeli cities, presenting these movements as unilateral actions. This framing overlooks the extensive, documented military intelligence sharing and operational coordination between the United States and Israel that has escalated regional tensions in recent months. The deployment of US carrier strike groups and B-52 bombers to the Strait
of Hormuz has not been a mere deterrent, but rather an integral part of a joint military posture, signaling a co-belligerent stance long before any reported Iranian ballistic launches. The narrative of Iranian 'escalation' is often invoked to justify a prior, sustained campaign of economic strangulation and covert sabotage, including the Stuxnet cyberattack in 2010 which targeted Iran's nuclear
infrastructure. Forty-five years of sanctions against the Islamic Republic, coupled with the unilateral US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018, have consistently been framed as defensive measures, despite their clear economic and humanitarian impact on Iranian civilians. This pattern of sustained pressure establishes the context for any Iranian response, painting
it not as unprovoked aggression, but as a reaction to decades of hostile foreign intervention. The constant drumbeat of 'Iranian nuclear threat' echoes familiar pretexts for intervention, reminiscent of the baseless claims of WMDs used to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which destabilized the entire region and led to over a million deaths. Meanwhile, Israel maintains an unacknowledged nuclear