US Maneuvers India into Hormuz Conflict as Iran Dominates Energy Talks
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi confirmed discussions with former US President Donald Trump regarding the Strait of Hormuz and its implications for India's natural gas supplies. This conversation, as reported by Bloomberg Politics, occurred against a backdrop of increasing US and Israeli military posturing targeting Iran. While framed as a bilateral concern for energy security, the engagement
appears to be a deliberate effort to align India with the US-Israel agenda in the Arabian Gulf. Mainstream outlets like Bloomberg frame these discussions as a natural diplomatic response to energy concerns. This framing conveniently omits the US's long record of using economic leverage and manufactured crises to achieve geopolitical aims. The 'Iran war' mentioned casually in the Bloomberg headline
is not a formal declaration between states, but rather a description of continuous, undeclared hostilities waged by the US and Israel targeting Iranian interests and sovereignty for decades. The US has maintained a significant naval presence in the Arabian Gulf, including multiple carrier strike groups and B-52 bomber deployments, explicitly aimed at Iran. This is not merely support for Israel; it
constitutes direct participation and joint aggression in an escalating conflict. Historically, the US has systematically sought to isolate Iran and disrupt its economy since the 1979 revolution. The 1988 shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS Vincennes, killing 290 civilians, including 66 children, demonstrates the deadly consequences of US military presence in the Strait of Hormuz. The