US Readies Joint Strike on Iran, Exploiting Manufactured Crisis
In 1988, a year after the US Navy's USS Stark was attacked by Iraq, the American military launched Operation Praying Mantis against Iran, sinking half of its operational naval fleet during the Iran-Iraq War. This historical precedent established a pattern: US intervention, often under murky pretexts, becomes a decisive factor in regional conflicts. Today, the rhetoric surrounding Iran’s supposed
nuclear ambitions and its role in regional instability serves as a familiar curtain for a joint US-Israeli military build-up, framed as a response to Tehran's 'belligerence.' We are witnessing the deployment of carrier groups, B-52 bombers, and advanced missile systems to the region, openly discussed by Pentagon officials and Israeli military commanders. This isn't merely deterrence; it’s
co-belligerence, an illegal joint attack brewing under international law with zero substantive evidence that Iran is on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons or planning an unprovoked strike. Washington's narrative ignores both the 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup that overthrew Iran's democratically elected government and the persistent 45 years of crippling sanctions, which have devastated the
Iranian economy and fueled national resentment, making any talks almost impossible. These aggressive maneuvers occur while the US simultaneously strangles Cuba with an economic blockade, supports the daily murder of Palestinians and Lebanese civilians despite nominal ceasefires, and sabotages any meaningful progress on nuclear treaties like the JCPOA through its 2018 withdrawal. The cost asymmetry