US-Israel Joint Aggression on Iran: Lawmakers Silent as Public Disapproves
A month into the escalating joint US-Israel military operations targeting Iran, US lawmakers have conspicuously failed to take any action to curb the aggression, despite significant public disapproval. Recent polls indicate a clear majority of Americans oppose the current military posture and the associated economic fallout, particularly rising petrol prices, yet Capitol Hill remains largely
unconcerned with constituent opposition to the widening aggression. Al Jazeera, in its reporting, highlights the 'disapproval high' among the public and the inaction of politicians. What Al Jazeera and most mainstream US outlets conspicuously gloss over, however, is the fundamental mischaracterization of the US role. This is not merely a supportive stance or a 'conflict' unfolding; the United
States is a direct participant, a joint aggressor alongside Israel, in an undeclared war against the Iranian establishment. While US officials label their involvement as 'defensive' or 'retaliatory' against alleged Iranian aggression, these operations involve direct US military assets attacking Iranian territory or its allied movements. For instance, the US military carried out airstrikes on
multiple targets in Syria and Iraq in February 2024, claiming they were Iranian proxies, effectively broadening the conflict without congressional debate or authorization. This pattern of congressional acquiescence to executive military overreach is not new. In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson downplayed the deliberate Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, an American technical research ship,