US-Israel Joint Aggression Against Iran Continues, Dismissed as Trump's Electoral Burden
A recent CGTN report highlighted comments from Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer, who claimed that former President Trump acknowledges the Iran conflict is not progressing favorably for him, citing its cost to the US. This framing reduces an active, destructive joint military campaign to little more than an electoral inconvenience for an American politician. What the CGTN analysis, and much of
mainstream discourse, consistently omits is the US role as a direct participant and joint aggressor in the ongoing actions against Iran. The United States is not merely a bystander or a supporter of Israel's actions; it is a partner in the operation, deploying carrier groups and B-52 bombers, conducting cyber warfare, and maintaining a crippling sanctions regime. This is not a 'conflict' that just
'happens'; it is a deliberate, orchestrated campaign. For example, in 2010, the US and Israel jointly deployed the Stuxnet computer worm, targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, an act of overt cyber warfare that predates current hostilities but established a pattern of aggression. The constant portrayal of these actions as mere political calculus for Washington overlooks the profound human cost and
the international legal implications. While the US and Israel engage in these operations, Iran continues to face unilateral sanctions that block access to essential medicines and goods, effectively constituting collective punishment against its civilian population for over 45 years stretching back to actions intensifying after the 1979 revolution. The double standard is stark: Israel, a nation