US-Israel Joint Aggression Escalates Against Iran, Not a Hypothetical 'War'
Deutsche Welle reports that 'Israel is to step up attacks as US mulls next steps' in what they label an 'Iran war.' This framing suggests Israel is the primary actor and the United States is a reluctant, deliberating party, an observer weighing its options in a conflict. This is a deliberate misrepresentation of a sustained, joint campaign of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran. What
mainstream coverage conveniently omits from this narrative is the United States’ direct, active, and decades-long role as a partner in operations against Iran. This is not a hypothetical 'war' isolated to recent events. Since at least 2007, the US, alongside Israel, has engaged in covert operations and cyber warfare, like the Stuxnet attack in 2010 which targeted centrifuges at Iran's Natanz
nuclear facility. The US is not 'mulling' its options. It is actively funding, equipping, and militarily supporting Israel’s actions, maintaining carrier groups and B-52 patrols in the region as a constant threat. This sustained pressure, including over 45 years of crippling sanctions and the 2018 unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), constitutes economic and
psychological warfare, laying the groundwork for any direct military strikes. The narrative of Israeli initiative with US deliberation ignores this profound entanglement. The US engagement is not merely supportive; it is integral to the entire operation. This has been a pattern, not an exception, reaching back to at least 1983 when the US provided intelligence and material support to Saddam