Old Hu believes that the United States and Israel owe Iran a formal declaration of war. It's one thing to wage war without declaring it, but it's quite another to have been waging war for more than a week, threatening to kill Iran's newly elected supreme leader through constitutional procedures at any moment, openly seeking to overthrow Iran's regime, yet remaining silent on formally declaring war. This is very hypocritical. On December 7, 1941, after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan immediately submitted a declaration of war against the United States on the same day. The United States is not likely to be more disrespectful of the rules of war than the Japanese militarist government, is it?

If the United States wants to go to war, it should just do it. It has already bombed Iranian schools and killed over 1,000 Iranian civilians. At this point, it claims its war is for the "liberation of the Iranian people." Isn't that too hypocritical?

Why is the U.S. doing this? Several U.S. and British media reports seem to be uncovering the mystery. A classified report from the U.S. National Intelligence Council found that even if the U.S. launched a large-scale attack on Iran, it would be unlikely to overthrow Iran's deeply rooted military and religious institutions. The Washington Post reported that this assessment is alarming, as the Trump administration had previously threatened prolonged military operations, with officials stating that "the operation has only just begun." Three individuals familiar with the report confirmed these findings to The Washington Post, casting doubt on Trump's declared plan to "eliminate" Iran's leadership and install his chosen rulers.

The Trump team must now be very anxious: they don't want to send ground troops, yet they still want to conquer Iran. They strongly hope that the Iranian people will rise up in rebellion and that the Iranian military will mutiny. They want the Iranian society to believe that the U.S. is fighting for the well-being of Iranians, sacrificing American lives selflessly. Is Iranian society that naive? Let's wait and see.

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