‘Wars’ as grand distractions (2)

The Iranian or Persian civilization is one of the oldest in the world. Long before Europeans generated a slew of philosophies and theories about the world, the Persian Empire had already given rise to the multifarious aspects of human knowledge that we know today as basic principles of mathematics, science, and technology that are taught in the present, courtesy of our highly Western-oriented education.

Among them is the 9th-century Persian mathematician Al-Khwarizmi (780-850), better known as Algoritmi (his Latinized name). Considered the father of algebra, Al-Khwarizmi is attributed with having developed the concept of the modern-day algorithms, now used to refer to a data-tracking system in which an individual’s internet search history and browsing habits are used for various purposes, including monetary gains.

The Persians are also among the pioneers in medicine, with Ibn Sina (Avicenna in Western texts), who wrote “The Canon of Medicine,” the main medicine textbook used in Europe for centuries. They also pioneered the architecture of modern water canal systems, ancient refrigeration, and wind ventilation (windmills) and air-cooling technologies that are the bases for modern structures in engineering and the design of various infrastructures.

I cite these historical facts to stress that while Iran is no imperial giant like the United States of America and Israel, it has the foundational principles and values that allow it to be resilient, even in the most adverse situations the modern Iranian Islamic government finds itself in.

Many of the wars waged against it by the modern-day leaders of the US and Israel have not resulted in the obliteration of Iran. Despite all the stiff trade and other sanctions imposed on it by the US and other European countries, Iran continues to thrive and has become even more “radical” in the eyes of the Western world. They have become radical, if the meaning of this word relates to going back to their own resources, developing these internally without external aid or intervention, and becoming strong as a fortress in the process. Iran has forged its own systems of government, military, and defense systems that are hidden from the outside world.

This is primarily why US President Donald Trump is finding himself dumbfounded after his reckless decision to bomb Iran, thinking that once the bombs kill Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his council, the Iranian population will rejoice and welcome an American-favored leader to head them. The opposite happened.

Many American legislators have condemned the decision to wage a unilateral “war” against Iran, citing that it was an “illegal” war. They have repeatedly said that there was “no imminent threat” posed by Iran, and in fact, the negotiations for a peace deal with the latter were already about to be signed, when, suddenly, Trump ordered the bombing of Iran from Air Force One.

Trump’s war on Iran was based on his sudden whim to distract the American public’s attention from the full disclosure of the Epstein Files. In these files, Trump figures prominently as one of Epstein’s close friends and associates, as far as sex-related crimes are concerned, especially the highly despicable crime of raping and causing the death of children.

But deflecting the attention of an already confused constituency is a popular tactic employed by past American leaders, thinking that the US government is the “policeman of the world.”

Former presidents of the US—from Republicans Richard Nixon to George W. Bush and Democrat Bill Clinton have been entangled in various scandals, most of which were their covert policy decisions, except for Clinton, which was associated with his alleged sex relationships with a White House female intern, Monica Lewinsky.

But perhaps no other scandal has created ripples of global public disgust over an American president like what Trump has received. This was the series of revelations about his lurid behavior shown on various videos and emails included in the Epstein Files, in which Trump has been shown to be a close friend of Epstein, a convicted sex trafficker. A most disturbing one is the videos and references to Trump having engaged in the rape and killing of children.

Thus, despite the absence of an imminent threat from Iran and against the advice of many military advisers, Trump decided it was time to bomb Iran on Feb. 28, 2026.

Trump’s war on Iran is the grandest, most expensive, and destructive distraction from his highly scandalous behavior, as shown in the Epstein Files.

Is it a coincidence he called it “Operation Epic Fury”?

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