USA TODAY reports the bombs, the bodies, and the diplomatic noise, but leaves the machinery of power in the shadows. Beneath the language of “escalation” lies a longer structure of occupation, ceasefire manipulation, infrastructural warfare, and pressure on Lebanese sovereignty. The strikes on Lebanon are not an interruption of order, but one of the ways... Continue Reading →
Tripwires of Empire: The Gulf Monarchies, the U.S.-Israel War on Iran, and the Crisis of Imperial Security
This essay begins by excavating how The Guardian recasts a U.S.-Israeli war and its aftermath into a fear narrative centered on Iran while muting the imperial structure behind the violence. It then reconstructs the real terrain: Gulf militarization, sanctions on Iran, strategic chokepoints, regional recalibration, and the diplomatic and economic relations the article leaves in... Continue Reading →
When Empire Finds God: The Intercept, The Holy War on Iran and the Rebirth of American Theocracy
A war sold through fear is now preached as destiny, as the language of intelligence gives way to the language of God. Behind the spectacle of evangelical zeal lies a harder truth: Iran sits at the crossroads of global energy and imperial control. At home, the same forces sanctifying war are reshaping society through family... Continue Reading →