The United States-Israel war on Iran is a “wholly illegal war” and a display “of authoritarianism, of tyranny, that’s laced with a blood thirst and a lust for power and domination”, retired Master Sergeant Wes Bryant, a war veteran and Pentagon whistle blower, told Democracy Now.

“It’s been carried out recklessly from the start and with little regard for the innocent, as well as all of the rest of the economic regional security impacts.”

The US is responsible for launching illegal wars which have lead to significant loss of life, environmental disaster and failed to deliver its own so-called objectives. They include the coup against Indonesian General Suharto (1965–1966), Vietnam War (1965–1975), the coup against Chilean President Salvador Allende (1973), the invasion of Grenada (1983) to topple a progressive government, the Afghanistan war (2001-2021) and the Iraq War (2003–2011).

The US has been meddling in Iran for decades. In August 1953, the CIA and MI6 jointly orchestrated a coup to eradicate democratically-elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh after he nationalisatised the British-controlled Iranian oil industry.

Shah Reza Pahlavi and the SAVAK, his deadly secret police, were installed with the CIA and Israel’s assistance. Their role was to protect the Shah and US-British interests and they did so by arresting, torturing and executing political dissidents and opposition groups.

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