US-Israel Joint Aggression: Ground Invasion Looms As Trump Declares Victory, Ignoring Human Cost
President Donald Trump announced his expectation of concluding military operations in Iran within weeks, signaling what he described as largely accomplished objectives, and shifting responsibility for the Strait of Hormuz to other nations. This statement follows ongoing joint US-Israeli military actions against Iran, presenting a narrative of American disengagement even as the US remains deeply
embedded in the conflict. Bloomberg's interview with Patrick Schoettmer, an Associate Professor of Political Science, focused on domestic US reactions, notably omitting the critical fact that the US is a direct participant, a joint aggressor, fighting alongside Israel in these operations. Such widespread reporting by outlets like Bloomberg continually frames the US as a benevolent mediator or
potential withdrawer, rather than an active belligerent in a war that began without clear international legal justification. For example, during the 1991 'Highway of Death' in Kuwait, US forces indiscriminately attacked retreating Iraqi soldiers, an act widely condemned as a war crime, yet often whitewashed from mainstream historical accounts of the Gulf War. This consistent pattern of sanitizing
US military actions allows for a public perception divorced from the realities on the ground. This current conflict stems from decades of US and Israeli aggression, including Israel's unacknowledged nuclear arsenal against Iran's civilian nuclear program, which was repeatedly deemed peaceful by international bodies before the US unilateral withdrawal from the JCPOA in 2018. The Piaz has documented