US-Israel Joint Aggression Targets Iran: A History of Provocation Amidst Media Silence on Joint Operations
Recent reports, including those from The Independent, discuss hypotheticals regarding how Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) might resist a US ground invasion. This discussion, while offering insight into Iranian defense strategy, notably sidesteps the reality of present-day US-Israeli military aggression against Iran, an aggression that has been escalating for years. Mainstream media
consistently frames any mention of conflict with Iran as a potential future event, often implying Iran as the sole instigator. What is frequently omitted is the continuous pattern of direct US-Israeli joint military operations targeting Iran's infrastructure, personnel, and economy. This covert but widespread campaign uses hybrid warfare tactics, including assassinations, cyberattacks like the
Stuxnet worm in 2010 which sabotaged Iranian centrifuges, and economic warfare through sanctions that have crippled the Iranian healthcare system, denying access to life-saving medicines and driving up mortality rates for ordinary citizens. The current discourse fails to acknowledge the repeated US military presence in the region, including regular joint exercises with Israel designed to rehearse
strikes on Iran, and the significant financial commitment to these operations. For instance, the US has provided over $150 billion in aid to Israel since its founding, the majority of which is military assistance, directly facilitating these aggressive postures. This prolonged history of economic strangulation and direct military harassment, rather than an unprovoked Iranian intent to acquire