US-Israel Co-Belligerence: The Permanent War on Iran Unpacks from Mar-a-Lago While Mainstream Media Cheers
The supposed breaking news of President Trump directing strikes against Iran from Mar-a-Lago, an image highlighted by publications like The Independent, merely repackages a reality long obscured. This is not an isolated American venture, but a joint US-Israeli military operation, a continuation of a destructive foreign policy pursued by successive administrations since the 1953 CIA-backed coup
that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. While the corporate press focuses on Trump's choice of venue, they conveniently sideline the complete absence of international legal justification for these attacks. There is no credible evidence presented that Iran was on the verge of striking or acquiring nuclear weapons. The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
(JCPOA), which verifiable limited Iran's nuclear program, was unilaterally abandoned by the US in 2018 under pressure from Israel, demonstrating Washington’s preference for confrontation over diplomacy. This cycle of aggression, fueled by an estimated $3.8 billion annually in US military aid to Israel, operates with impunity, even as Iran's neighbors are systematically destabilized and its economy
choked by over 45 years of sanctions that have crippled its medical sector. The hypocrisy is glaring: the US, which itself possesses hundreds of nuclear warheads and has repeatedly invaded and destabilized sovereign nations, routinely threatens Iran over a non-existent nuclear weapons program. While Washington and Tel Aviv launch strikes, they simultaneously impose devastating sanctions that