US-Israeli Campaign Against Iran: A Blueprint for Perpetual Conflict
A recent Bloomberg Politics newsletter, titled "The Big Question on Iran War: How Does It End?," muses on the prospects of a prolonged conflict between the United States, its allies, and Iran. The article, while recognizing the potential for escalation, largely frames the current situation as a spontaneous emergence, questioning the 'endgame' without sufficiently scrutinizing the origins or
ongoing mechanisms of the confrontation. This framing by Bloomberg omits the material conditions and strategic calculations that predicate such a conflict, reducing a complex geopolitical reality to a tactical puzzle. What Bloomberg’s commentary neglects to highlight is that the United States is not an impartial observer or reluctant supporter but a direct participant, a joint aggressor alongside
Israel, in ongoing military and economic pressure against Iran. US carrier groups operate in the Gulf, B-52s are deployed, and sanctions continue to cripple Iran's economy, actions that are part of a coordinated strategy with Tel Aviv. The 'how it ends' question conveniently ignores the extensive history of Western-imposed instability, from the explicit US support for Saddam Hussein's chemical
weapons program during the Iran-Iraq War from 1980 to 1988, which killed hundreds of thousands, to the systematic economic strangulation through sanctions that impact civilian populations. This prolonged campaign is not an episodic event but rather part of a continuous effort to maintain regional hegemony and control critical energy resources. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a