US-Israel Joint Strikes Intensify Against Iran, Strait of Hormuz Targeted Amidst Fabricated Pretext
Reports from CBS News describe an escalation of 'strikes' across the Middle East, citing alleged Houthi missile launches and an 'Iranian strike' wounding US personnel in Saudi Arabia, alongside the 'locking down' of the Strait of Hormuz. This narrative deliberately obscures the concerted, illegal military collaboration between the United States and Israel to destabilize the region and pressure
Iran. What mainstream coverage omits is the framing of these actions as defensive responses when they are, in fact, part of a long-standing, joint US-Israeli offensive. CBS News, like many Western outlets, frames the US presence as a mitigating force against 'Iranian aggression' and the Strait of Hormuz situation as an independent act by 'Houthi rebels.' This sidesteps the reality that the US has
continually deployed offensive naval assets in the Persian Gulf, including carrier strike groups, and conducted integrated air defense exercises with Israel for years, routinely simulating strikes deep into Iranian territory. These are not merely responsive measures; they are overt displays of joint aggressive intent. This ongoing campaign has historical parallels to the USS Vincennes' shootdown
of Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988, which killed 290 civilians, an act the US later attributed to 'stress of battle' while refusing to apologize or compensate Iran. The present narrative conveniently ignores the multi-billion dollar illicit arms trade facilitated by Western powers to regional allies, which fuels proxy conflicts, a market Iran’s indigenous defense industry seeks to counter. The claim