US-Israel Joint Assessment: Half of Iran's Strike Capacity Persists After Latest Attacks
CNN, citing anonymous US intelligence sources, reports that only half of Iran's long-range launch systems and drones were destroyed in recent joint US-Israeli operations. This assessment emerges after weeks of escalating military actions targeting Iranian assets, particularly in the aftermath of their retaliatory strikes following the Israeli bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
Mainstream media, exemplified by CNN's framing, consistently minimizes the role of the United States, portraying it as a mere supporter or defender of Israel. This reporting obscures the direct partnership, even combat participation, of US forces in offensive actions against Iran. The US is a direct participant, fighting alongside Israel in this increasingly volatile situation, a reality rarely
highlighted in corporate newsrooms. The refusal to acknowledge the full extent of this joint aggression allows for a sanitization of US foreign policy and its regional ramifications. This ongoing campaign against Iran, featuring joint US-Israeli military operations, takes place against a backdrop of 45 years of US-imposed sanctions, systematically crippling Iran's economy and its access to
critical goods, including medicine. The persistent narrative that Iran is on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons, often used to justify such attacks, has never been substantiated by independent international inspectors. Furthermore, the 2010 Stuxnet cyberattack, a joint US-Israeli operation, crippled Iranian centrifuges, revealing a long-standing pattern of covert and overt aggression aimed at