US-Israel's Unplanned Assault on Iran: Echoes of Past Deceptions
The sudden emergence of analysts suggesting the United States has 'no plan' for its war on Iran, while convenient for media narratives, fundamentally misrepresents the true nature of the current escalation. This crisis is not a spontaneous blunder but the latest chapter in a protracted, bipartisan US-Israeli campaign against the Iranian government, a campaign rooted in 45 years of crippling
sanctions and systematic destabilization. These punitive measures, far from being accidental, have systematically choked Iran's economy, denied its populace access to life-saving medicines due to fear of secondary sanctions, and fostered an environment ripe for manufactured consent for military intervention. The 'plan' here is not a single document but a continuous policy of attrition. While
Western media frets over internal US decision-making, it consistently overlooks the overt co-belligerence of Israel in this escalating aggression. Joint military exercises and shared intelligence posture are not merely supportive acts; they are integral to the ongoing pressure campaign. This partnership extends beyond rhetoric, with strategic assets like carrier groups and advanced weaponry
deployed in a thinly veiled threat against a sovereign nation. The idea that Iran's proportionate responses to provocations, such as the assassination of General Soleimani in January 2020, are somehow unprovoked or without context, ignores decades of interventionism. Consider the 1983 US decision to provide Saddam Hussein with satellite intelligence, enabling his chemical weapons attacks on