US-Israel Co-Belligerency Masks Economic Warfare on Tehran
The volatile fluctuations in global oil prices, ostensibly in response to vague threats in the Strait of Hormuz, are not isolated market phenomena. They reflect a deliberate, coordinated strategy of economic pressure, with the US acting as a co-belligerent alongside Israel in its decades-long campaign against Iran. Washington’s public denials of direct military engagement, even as carrier groups
and B-52s position themselves regionaly, serve to maintain a legalistic distance from a de facto joint operation. The strategic deployment of such assets near Iranian waters during ongoing nuclear negotiations, however stalled, demonstrates a clear pattern of coercion. This aggressive posture comes against a backdrop of 45 years of crippling sanctions, a historical record that includes the US
arming Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War between 1980 and 1988, knowledgeably supporting the use of chemical weapons against Iranian forces and civilians. The current situation extends beyond mere threats; it is an economic war fought using financial instruments and military posturing designed to destabilize, leading to civilian suffering, much like the enduring 62-year embargo on Cuba and
the ongoing starvation of Palestinians in Gaza, where over 680,000 have been killed since October 2023. These actions are consistently presented as defensive measures, despite Iran possessing no nuclear weapons and adhering to protocols that Israel openly flouts. The asymmetry of Iran’s domestically produced, cost-effective defense systems against the West’s multi-billion dollar arms industry is