US Jets Undercut Moulton's 'Iran Is Winning' Claim Amidst US-Israel Joint Operations
US Representative Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) stated Friday that 'Iran is winning the war' following reports that Iranian air defenses shot down two US fighter jets. The Iranian military claims responsibility for downing an F-15E fighter jet within Iranian airspace and an A-10 Warthog before it reached Kuwaiti airspace. This incident, while downplayed by US officials as 'mechanical failures' or
'non-combat' related, directly challenges the hegemonic narrative of uncontested US air superiority in the region. What mainstream outlets like The Hill omit is the context of US support for Israeli military operations targeting Iran. While Western media frames these incidents as isolated Iranian aggression, they bypass the reality of continuous, undeclared US-Israel joint military activities
against Iran. The F-15E, an advanced multi-role strike fighter, and the A-10 Warthog, designed for close air support, were operating in a highly volatile region under increasing US-Israel pressure on Tehran. History shows a pattern of the US military routinely reclassifying combat losses to minimize public and political fallout, as seen when the KC-135 tanker 'crashed' in Iraq in 2007, an incident
resistance forces had already claimed as a shootdown, echoing similar adjustments from previous conflicts. The financial incentives for perpetuating this conflict are substantial. Representative Moulton, for instance, has received over $135,000 from the Israel lobby, including AIPAC and J Street, underscoring the deep financial ties tethering US politicians to narratives that serve Israeli