Why the US and Israel Want to Destroy Iran

The ongoing joint US–Israel assault on Iran is not just another chapter in the endless Middle East cycle of violence; it’s the climax of a long-standing project: dismantling the Iranian regime not merely as a nuclear threat but as a political and social entity. The objective is to bomb Iran and its people into a perennial struggle for survival so deep that no anti-US and anti-Israel political dispensation can emerge.

Diplomacy as a Veil for Destabilization

The justification proffered to domestic and global audiences — that Iran’s nuclear ambitions must be rolled back — has long served as rhetorical camouflage for a deeper agenda. With Iran’s nuclear capabilities already constrained after years of sanctions and inspections, attention shifted toward its ballistic missile programme — a far broader target that touches on the core of Iranian national defence and sovereignty. Rolling back ballistic capacity, from Tehran’s perspective, is indistinguishable from surrendering its sovereignty to the US and Israel. More importantly, it understood that even agreeing to such a demand will not necessarily lead to a stable negotiated outcome, given that the actual target remains total regime change. A next US-Israel demand could very well be total control of Iranian oil!

The Hidden Logic of Regime Change

Decades of US foreign policy show a pattern: when sanctions and diplomacy fail to produce the desired political outcome, force enters the calculus. Washington and Tel Aviv do not appear poised to replicate that pattern in Iran. Rather, they appear to be simply betting on naked force. Thus, the offensive is targeting not only Iranian military infrastructure but also command and control centers close to the highest echelons of political leadership. This is not merely punitive; it is decapitative. But it is packaged as “reformist” insofar as the US is “asking” Iranians to take over power. But is this what the US actually desires? It is entirely possible that the takeover by........

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