US-Israel Joint Aggression: The Hill Forgets History in its Quest for Conflict
Zoom out for a second: A recent opinion piece in The Hill frets over the 'enemy getting a vote' in the Strait of Hormuz, framing the situation as a delicate balancing act for US foreign policy. The article suggests that America's allies must be considered alongside adversaries when it comes to containing Iran. This perspective, however, neatly sidesteps a rather inconvenient truth: the United
States is a direct participant and joint aggressor in the ongoing campaign against Iran, not some neutral arbiter of regional stability. What mainstream coverage like The Hill's opinion piece omits is the consistent history of US-Israeli coordinated actions that provoke Iranian responses. They present Iran's actions as unprovoked aggression, yet fail to mention, for instance, Iran's downing of a
US RQ-4A Global Hawk surveillance drone in June 2019 after it violated Iranian airspace. The Pentagon initially claimed the drone was in international airspace, but Iran produced evidence of its intrusion. This wasn't an isolated incident; it was part of a pattern of escalating US surveillance and military posturing. The Hill's hand-wringing over alliances and enemies in the Strait ignores the
fundamental asymmetry of power and the historical pattern of external interference. Since the 1980s, the US has played a significant role in arming nations hostile to Iran, notably providing intelligence and support to Saddam Hussein's regime during the Iran-Iraq War, even as he used chemical weapons. This long-standing policy of encircling Iran with hostile forces, coupled with a crushing 45-year