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Editorial2025-06-16 10:05:00

War as the final act of political agony

Shkruar nga Gjergj Zefi

 

War as the final act of political agony
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Israel and Iran ignite war to cover up scandals and save regimes – people pay the price in blood and poverty…

Three nights, two countries, a groaning region. What began as a silent war between two old enemies; Israel and Iran, has turned into an open battle of missiles, drones, sabotage and civilian casualties. And as bombs fall on industrial Tehran and sirens wail in modern Tel Aviv, the question torments you: Who is this war serving now?

When missiles and nuclear fires blaze across the Middle East, we are not in a movie script. It is June 2025, and history is repeating itself with a bang: Iran and Israel are playing out the next act of a war that at first glance seems ideological but is fundamentally purely political.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader, is trying to save his skin on the brink of trials and scandals. He chose to move air power over Tehran as a diversion from what was happening on the streets of Tel Aviv. On the other hand, the post-Khamenei Iranian regime, with its population starving and its economic system collapsing under sanctions, needed an external enemy to mobilize domestic nationalism. Nothing unites faster than fear and hatred.

The result? Over 400 dead, hundreds wounded, cities in darkness and war sirens in every corner of Israel and Iran. Diplomatic missions have been suspended, UN inspectors have been declared "persona non grata", and the price of oil is soaring. Every missile that falls, every base that burns, every child that loses its life, is part of a political calculation in the minds of leaders who have nothing left to lose.

While the US and EU play the role of "active worriers", powerless to stop the fire but zealous in declarations; Russia and China are waiting in silence. The more fires the Middle East ignites, the less light falls on the war in Ukraine or on the endangered Taiwan.

This is not a war in the name of God, nor in defense of civilizations. Any biblical or Koranic justification that is put on this war is a mask for political horror. This is the last war of two leaders who are falling. And like every political west, it is becoming violent, blind and bloodthirsty.

The people are the ones who pay the bill: with their lives, with the prices of the basket, with the loss of security. While the leaderships play with fire, the rest of us must be vigilant against the wave that could overtake us tomorrow. Because when you hear the sirens in Haifa and see smoke in Tehran, know that you are not as far away as you think./ Pamphlet

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