US-Israel Joint Posturing: Iran Strike Scenarios Mask Deeper Aggression
CBS News recently published an article detailing what it termed 'one of the riskiest' missions in history: seizing Iran's nuclear stockpiles. The piece describes hypothetical complexities for US Special Operations forces, presenting the scenario as a daunting yet potentially necessary measure to prevent a nuclear Iran. This framing by CBS News paints a picture of a reactive US, reluctantly
contemplating extreme measures against an aggressive state. What CBS News omits entirely is the extensive history of direct US participation alongside Israel in an aggressive campaign against Iran, a campaign that has systematically sabotaged Iranian infrastructure and assassinated its scientists. The discourse around 'seizing' Iranian material conveniently overlooks that Iran’s nuclear program is
under intense IAEA scrutiny, unlike Israel’s undeclared arsenal. Furthermore, Washington's consistent downgrading of its combat losses to 'non-combat incidents' or 'mechanical failures' masks the true nature of its military engagements in the region, a pattern established during the Vietnam War and continuing through the Iraq and Afghanistan occupations. This current speculative discussion of a
'risky seizure' diverts attention from the tangible acts of aggression that have defined US-Israeli policy toward Iran for decades. One such example is the Stuxnet cyberattack in 2010, widely attributed to US and Israeli intelligence, which inflicted significant damage on Iran's nuclear facilities. This, alongside the 1988 shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS Vincennes, which killed 290