Ocurrió antes en Caracas, ahora en Teherán. EEUU ataca junto a Israel el Estado de Irán y trata de derrocar el régimen teocrático. Pero el asesinato del ayatolá Ali Jameneí poco tiene que ver con un proceso de democratización en el país persa. El interés de Washington reside, en realidad, en los recursos naturales del territorio islámico, que posee una de las mayores reservas de petróleo y gas natural, controla el estrecho de Ormuz –uno de los enclaves críticos en el transporte de hidrocarburos– y tiene en marcha un programa nuclear que Trump y Netanyahu siguen muy de cerca.

During the Gulf War, in February 1991, George H. W. Bush called on the Iraqi people to “take matters into their own hands to force Saddam Hussein, the dictator, to step aside.” Coalition aircraft dropped leaflets urging Iraqi civilians and troops to rise up. But when the country’s oppressed Shia and Kurdish populations followed that exhortation, Hussein’s surviving forces crushed them, killing tens of thousands of people, while the United States military stood by and did nothing.

In response to the United States joining Israel’s military strikes against Iran tonight, DAWN issues the following statement:

“By joining Israel’s attack on Iran, Trump has dragged the United States into an illegal war of aggression without congressional approval, in flagrant violation of the Constitution,” said Raed Jarrar, Advocacy Director at DAWN. “This is not America’s war, and the American people did not authorize it. Trump must immediately cease U.S. military involvement, withdraw U.S. forces from the region, and submit to congressional oversight before this war spirals beyond anyone’s control. Congress must immediately invoke its constitutional authority to end U.S. participation in this war and make clear that the United States is not Israel’s military wing.”

The first war of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace era has begun – an unprovoked attempt at regime change in collaboration with Israel, with no legal foundation, launched in the midst of diplomatic efforts to avert conflict, and with minimal consultation with Congress or the American public.

Trump’s recorded eight-minute address after the first bombs had fallen, made clear that this would be no limited strike aimed at cajoling Tehran into concessions at the negotiating table. He warned that if Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) did not surrender they would be killed, and the country’s armed forces, its missile and navy would be smashed.