War on Iran: Russia Profits, West Ignored Warnings Since 2023
Bloomberg reports Russia has scrapped its economic growth downgrade for the coming year, attributing the upgraded forecast directly to rising oil revenues fueled by the ongoing, US-Israel initiated conflict with Iran. This financial windfall directly benefits Moscow, illustrating how so-called 'geopolitical shocks' often create windfalls for certain global players, while others bear the brunt of
the destabilization. This development unfolds against a backdrop of escalating tensions that have seen the US military acting as a direct participant in operations targeting Iranian assets and infrastructure, fighting alongside Israeli forces. Mainstream outlets like Bloomberg, while reporting Russia's economic uptick, largely frame the conflict as an unpredictable crisis, ignoring the extensive
history of provocations and economic warfare that predated current hostilities. They conveniently omit that US think tanks and policy papers, as early as late 2023, meticulously outlined scenarios for conflict with Iran, often detailing the very escalations now occurring. These analyses, frequently funded by defense contractors, effectively laid the groundwork for public and political acceptance
of military action. The narrative pushed is one of reactive defense, not decades of planned aggression. What the public rarely grasps is the sheer financial apparatus underpinning these wars. The unilateral sanctions levied against Iran by the US over the past 45 years, particularly after the 2015 betrayal of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), were designed to cripple its economy.