US President Claims 'War Goals Accomplished' in Iran, Despite Escalating Regional Tensions
President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver a televised prime-time address at 9 p.m. EDT (0100 GMT Wednesday), promising to inform the American public that the declared objectives of the month-long military operation against Iran have been met. This announcement from Washington follows a period of intense US-Israeli joint military activity in the region, which US mainstream media outlets, like
Al-Monitor citing Reuters, are characterizing as a 'move toward a possible exit' from a 'war with Iran.' What Al-Monitor and other Western outlets conspicuously omit is the fact that this 'war' has been a direct, undeclared US-Israeli joint aggression from its inception, not merely an American support role. The US Fifth Fleet, permanently stationed in Bahrain since 1995, has been actively involved
in maneuvers alongside Israeli naval assets, while B-52 strategic bombers, forward-deployed to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, have conducted overt and provocative flyovers near Iranian airspace. These are not merely 'signals' of conflict; they are components of an ongoing military offensive against a sovereign nation, executed without any congressional declaration or United Nations mandate. This
declaration of 'accomplished goals' conveniently sidesteps the reality of the US's decades-long pattern of intervention and economic strangulation targeting Iran. For instance, the US unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018, despite Iran's full compliance, initiating a new wave of crippling sanctions that have directly impacted civilian access to medicine