Organised Hypocrisy
On nuclear morality, Western interventions, and the geopolitical theatre of selective outrage
I am sick of this Iran vs Israel/US war.
Because every few years, the West suddenly re-discovers morality, pulls out same old ghagra choli and starts dancing at the mouth of a missile.
This season’s sermon is Iran.
It’s bizarre that America and Israel attacked Iran on the suspicion that it may build a nuclear weapon, as if the planet has remained a peaceful monastery until Tehran disturbed its silence. Also, I find this argument deeply insulting to human memory. Because the only country that has actually used nuclear weapons on civilians is the United States. Yet the same country now lectures the world on restraint with the confidence of a priest running a brothel.
Also, I wonder what exactly is the principle here? That some nations may own apocalypse as a licensed asset, while others must remain permanently obedient children? That Britain can have bombs. France can have bombs. America can have enough warheads to erase history several times over. Israel can preserve strategic ambiguity and still expect the world’s sympathy. But Iran must be bombed for intent, suspicion, or capability. This is ethical genocide and the language is polished, the logic is gutter-grade.
Further, I am especially weary of this fraud because it always knocks wrapped in noble words and leaves behind very painful geopolitical wreckage. Oil prices jump. Shipping routes shiver. Markets panic. Air turns poisonous. Ruins multiply. Ordinary families, from Tehran to Trivandrum, pay for the fantasies of men who will never stand in a ration queue. We, in India, as usual, get handed the unnecessary invoice and have to import the oil shock, the inflation, the uncertainty, the diplomatic tightrope, and the pious advice. Somewhere an Indian household pays more for fuel because Washington decided to audition once again for the role of global headmaster. How annoying!
And this theatre is not new. West does this every now and then. They invaded Iraq on the perfume of weapons of mass destruction. And wrecked Libya in the name of order. And ofcourse, occupied Afghanistan for 20 years and handed it back to the same darkness from which the war had supposedly rescued it. In all the circus, corpse count rose, the contractors prospered, and the moral vocabulary remained miraculously intact. But arms manufacturers never mourn for long. War, for them, is merely quarterly performance with flags.
My anger comes from the sheer vulgarity of it all. Because human suffering has become a business model and strategic anxiety has become a commodity. I do not believe this war is about peace. I believe it is about power, control, oil, arms, and the old imperial habit of deciding which nations may sin in style and which must die for suspicion. The West calls this security. From where I stand, it looks like organised hypocrisy with excellent public relations.
It needs to stop. This is BS. What an annoying world and time to be alive.
Likely that arms suppliers and other corporate shadowmasters run the world secretly and every few years, they decide which country should be bombed so they can make profits. Political reasons and international relations are just a facade for the world to keep busy.
I’ve never written a more “conspiracy theory” comment, but in my gut this Monday night, I feel this is true!
It is more of Israel - Iran conflict, given Israel’s constant announcements - from 1990s at least - that Iran is weeks away from building the bomb. decades passed. Israel’s leaders want to fulfill Their “Greater Israel” project and hence this frequent mayhem across Palestine, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, iraq,iran, libya… They have few more countries in their list. And in most of these countries, the militant groups have been groomed/funded by them only, to keep things volatile. Israel never acknowledged about the nuclear weapons they have. The definition of hypocrisy has been buried long ago. It’s only human statistics now.