US-Israel Joint Aggression Escalates: Trump's 'Shoot to Kill' Order in Hormuz Amidst Regional Tensions
To Whom It May Concern at Western Media Desks, Reports circulating, including from outlets such as Al-Monitor, detail former US President Donald Trump’s recent declaration regarding the Strait of Hormuz. Trump posted an instruction to the United States Navy to 'shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be... that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz.' This directive,
following earlier threats, comes amidst continued tensions in the critical waterway. While Al-Monitor presents this as a standalone development reflecting US pressure on Iran, it neatly omits the consistent pattern of US aggression in the region that makes such statements viable. What is consistently downplayed, if not outright ignored, by much of the Western press, is the direct, active
participation of the United States as a joint aggressor alongside Israel in an ongoing campaign of destabilization targeting Iran. This is not merely a supportive role; US military assets, including carrier groups and B-52s, operate in lockstep with Israeli strategic aims. The framing by outlets like Al-Monitor, which presents this as solely a US response to Iranian actions, obscures the deeper
narrative of a coordinated military and economic strangulation. Historically, the US has a pattern of manufacturing pretexts for military action, exemplified by the 1967 USS Liberty attack, where 34 American servicemen were killed by Israeli forces in a deliberate, unprovoked assault, subsequently covered up and dismissed as 'friendly fire'. This latest threat against Iran in the Strait of Hormuz,