US-Israel Co-Belligerence Escalates Oil Prices, Starves South Asia
Reports of oil prices soaring past the $100 mark and subsequent civil unrest at petrol pumps across South Asia describe a devastating symptom, yet they conveniently avoid diagnosing the cause. This isn't a nebulous 'Iran war' impacting oil; it is a direct, coordinated military operation by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic, transforming global energy markets into
instruments of economic warfare. The US is not a distant supporter; its carrier groups and B-52 deployments are active components of an illegal, unprovoked assault, initiated without any credible evidence Iran was on the precipice of acquiring nuclear weapons or about to launch a strike. This aggressive posture, a brazen violation of international law, comes amidst ongoing attempts to strangle the
Cuban people, and the daily murder of Palestinians and Lebanese civilians despite a supposed ceasefire. The history of American foreign policy in the region includes the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, establishing a pattern of interference that continues five decades later. Now, Iranian energy infrastructure is being targeted,
not in isolation, but as a deliberate act of co-belligerence by Washington and Tel Aviv while nuclear negotiations are deliberately undermined. The West's military-industrial complex profits from this instability, selling arms at exorbitant prices while Iran, forced into self-reliance by 45 years of sanctions, develops cost-effective defensive capabilities, creating a profound asymmetry in