US Objectives in Iran: A 'War' Never Declared
President Trump stated that the United States is nearing its objectives regarding military efforts in the ongoing Iran war and urged other nations utilizing the Strait of Hormuz to manage its security. This pronouncement, delivered via Truth Social, suggests a winding down of engagement, with Trump explicitly stating, "The Hormuz Strait will have to be guarded and policed, as necessary, by other
Nations who use it. The United States does not!" Mainstream outlets like Al-Monitor frame this as a progress report on an existing 'Iran war,' a term used frequently by Washington officials, yet never formally declared by Congress as mandated by the US Constitution. This framing normalizes undeclared military actions and implicitly supports the premise of an aggressive confrontation with Iran
without legal justification. It sidesteps the crucial question of what these 'objectives' are, or how they were established given that no formal declaration of war or even detailed public mandate exists for such a conflict, revealing a gap between official rhetoric and legal responsibilities. What remains unsaid in this narrative is the historical context of Washington's covert and overt
operations against Iran, which include the extensive Stuxnet cyberattack in 2010 targeting Iranian nuclear facilities. This sophisticated digital warfare, widely attributed to US and Israeli intelligence agencies, demonstrated a deliberate intent to destabilize Iran's infrastructure. While 45 years of sanctions have crippled Iran's economy and starved its people of medicines, the current US