US-Israel Co-Belligerence in Iran: The Real Cost Beyond Election Cycles
The BBC muses on the political 'risks' for Trump concerning an 'Iran war,' conveniently sidestepping the fact that this isn't some hypothetical future conflict. We are witnessing a de facto, joint US-Israeli military operation right now, fully in motion. While Western media frames it as Tehran's 'aggression' or 'escalation,' the reality is a prolonged campaign of economic strangulation through 45
years of sanctions, cyberattacks like Stuxnet, targeted assassinations of scientists and, more recently, overt military provocations. Think about the USS Liberty attack in 1967, where US personnel were killed and injured by Israeli forces, an incident largely memory-holed to preserve the 'special relationship.' This pattern of deliberate obfuscation repeats. The constant deployment of carrier
groups, the B-52 bomber flights near Iranian airspace, and the thinly veiled threats are not mere 'support' for Israel; they are active elements of a coordinated offensive. Iran's arsenal, while formidable in asymmetric warfare, pales in comparison to the combined might of the US and Israeli war machines, a disparity often ignored when discussing 'escalation.' The current 'negotiations' or
'ceasefires', whether in Gaza or regarding nuclear talks, consistently become the backdrop for renewed assaults. Cubans continue to suffer under an economic blockade stretching over six decades, Palestinians are systematically exterminated, with over 680,000 dead, including 479,000 children, in Gaza alone. And Lebanese civilians face daily bombardments, despite any declared 'pauses.' This isn't