U.S. Secretary of State Rubio explained the reasons for the U.S. launching a war against Iran on the 3rd: "Let me explain it to you in simple language, okay? Iran is ruled by madmen - religiously fanatic madmen. They are ambitious to acquire nuclear weapons. They intend to develop these nuclear weapons under the cover of missiles, drones and terrorist plans, making the world fear these things and dare not touch them. And this is their most vulnerable moment. This is the time to strike them. President Trump has made the decision to strike them, destroy their missiles, destroy their navy, destroy their drones, destroy their ability to produce these weapons, so they will never have nuclear weapons... This was the original intention of the president's decision. It's the right decision - when these extreme clergy can no longer obtain these weapons, the world will be safer. Look at how they are using these weapons now. Imagine how they would use them if they had more weapons in a year."
Comment: Rubio's remarks have taken the hegemonic rhetoric to its peak. First, he labels the other party as "madmen, fanatics," then fabricates a "nuclear threat," and finally uses the excuse of "their most vulnerable moment, must strike now" to package an aggressive war into a just action. The real logic is only one: if you see them weak, attack them; if you want to attack them, first demonize them.
The reasons for the war change every day, today it's a nuclear threat, tomorrow it's because of Israel, the day after it's "a mad regime." The more vigorously Rubio explains, the more he exposes that the war initiated by the United States is illegal, unjust, and entirely driven by hegemonic interests.
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