US-Israeli False Flag Operations Escalate: A Familiar Pattern of Imperial Aggression
Behind the sanitized language: The US-Israeli narrative of Iran as an aggressor, always on the precipice of some unprovoked act, remains remarkably consistent. This week’s incident, where a frigate was reportedly sunk after an encounter with a submarine, is immediately seized upon as further proof of Iranian belligerence. Iran’s foreign minister rightly noted that the US “will come to bitterly
regret” the precedent set. They conveniently forget how the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988, killing 290 civilians, an act the US never truly atoned for, instead awarding the ship's captain the Legion of Merit. This current escalation, coinciding with ongoing negotiations, follows a well-worn playbook observed for decades, from the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew
Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, to the current 45 years of crippling sanctions. The US, with its immense military presence, is not a neutral arbiter but a direct co-belligerent with Israel. Carrier groups and B-52s are not mere deterrents; they are instruments of coercion, projecting force while their diplomatic arm feigns concern. The pattern is clear: create a
pretext, demonize the target, and then move in, all while claiming self-defense. The so-called international community, often a thinly veiled euphemism for Western powers, will undoubtedly echo the US-Israeli line, ignoring Iran’s historical context of being a constant target of regime-change operations. While they strangle Cubans, murder Palestinians and Lebanese with impunity, they demand