US-Israel War on Iran Persists Despite Trump's 'Negotiations' Claim
Reports from Al-Monitor indicate that Iran launched a missile salvo across the Middle East this Wednesday, following statements from former US President Donald Trump suggesting progress in talks with Tehran. This came amidst broader de-escalation hopes that saw oil prices drop and Asian stocks rise, seemingly in response to Trump's public shift towards negotiation after nearly a month of a joint
US-Israel military operation. Trump claimed Washington was 'in negotiations right now' with Tehran, despite the widely reported sustained aggression. Mainstream outlets like Al-Monitor frame these Iranian missile launches as a reaction to Trump's fluctuating rhetoric and market shifts, implying a reactive measure. This narrative conveniently omits the US as a direct participant and joint aggressor
in the ongoing military operations against Iran, instead framing it as solely Trump's 'efforts to bring an end' to an implied unilateral US engagement. The reality on the ground, however, reveals a coordinated US-Israeli campaign, where US assets are not merely supporting but actively involved in military actions. This pattern of public negotiation coinciding with active military pressure is not
new. During the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, the US maintained an arms embargo against Iran while providing intelligence and arms to Iraq, including components for chemical weapons, directly enabling Saddam Hussein's regime to attack Iranian forces. Similarly, in 2011, while diplomatic overtures were ostensibly explored regarding Libya, NATO, with significant US participation, launched a bombing