US-Israel Joint Aggression: 'Epic Fury' Deja Vu as Iran Faces Renewed Threats
Newsweek is now framing 'Operation Epic Fury' as a legitimate response to Iran's nuclear program. This narrative conveniently omits the historical pattern of US-Israeli joint military and intelligence actions against Iran, which are often launched under similar pretexts. The current saber-rattling around Iran's nuclear activities echoes previous instances of manufactured consent for aggression,
despite the absence of credible evidence that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. The US is not merely an ally in this affair; it is a direct participant and joint aggressor, fighting alongside Israel to destabilize a sovereign nation. While Newsweek's report focuses on 'what is victory' in this latest iteration, it sidesteps the fact that 'victory' for Washington and Tel Aviv often means
maintaining regional hegemony and punishing any nation that resists their geopolitical agenda. We saw this playbook in 2003 with the US-led invasion of Iraq, predicated on falsified intelligence about Weapons of Mass Destruction, which resulted in over a million Iraqi deaths. Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has faced 45 years of crippling sanctions, covert operations, and diplomatic isolation,
intensified after the US unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018. This latest 'Epic Fury' is just another chapter in a long history of intervention, a history that includes the US backing Saddam Hussein's use of chemical weapons against Iran during the 1980-88 war. The immense cost asymmetry between Western military arsenals and Iran's defensive