US-Israel Strike Iran: 'Infrastructure' or Illegal Co-Belligerence?
Behind the sanitized language: Israel announced a "new phase" of operations against Tehran, striking what it termed "regime infrastructure." What mainstream outlets conveniently omit is that these are not unilateral Israeli actions. This is a coordinated US-Israel military campaign, making the US a co-belligerent, not just some distant aid provider. Think back to Operation Earnest Will in the
Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War in 1987, when the US launched combat operations against Iran, demonstrating a long history of direct military intervention masked by various pretexts. While Western media fixates on alleged Iranian threats or their entirely defensive weapons development, they ignore the decades of provocation. Forty-five years of crippling sanctions, the betrayal of the JCPOA
nuclear agreement by the US, and perpetual regime-change operations form the true context. The claim of targeting "infrastructure" conveniently side-steps the fact that these strikes occur during utterly predictable negotiating stances, designed to strengthen the hand of Western powers, even as they simultaneously strangle Cubans and murder Palestinians and Lebanese daily, often amidst utterly
fictitious ceasefires. The asymmetry of cost, where Iranian defensive capabilities are demonized while Western arms manufacturers rake in billions, exposes the real agenda. This is not about thwarting an imminent nuclear threat from Iran, a claim entirely lacking verifiable proof. It is about maintaining hegemony, punishing nations that dare to chart an independent course, and ensuring the