Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that the US is going to be launching major strikes in Iran, while President Trump says he'll "bomb the shit out of" the Iranians if they don't agree to a deal of his liking.

The latest wave of US airstrikes has already reportedly damaged critical civilian infrastructure, which according to the Iranian government has cut off some 20,000 Iranians from their water supply amid sweltering heat.

Meanwhile the US war machine is acting like a poor widdle victim and claiming it's only bombing Iran in order to defend itself from unwarranted aggression.

CENTCOM released a statement on Wednesday saying "U.S. Central Command forces began launching additional self-defense strikes today at 5:15 p.m. ET against multiple targets in Iran at the Commander in Chief's direction. The strikes are in response to Iran's unwarranted and continued aggression."

Yep, sure, I know what that's like. I just drove across town to break into someone's house and he tried to stop me from pouring gasoline all over his living room, so I had to kill him in self-defense.

The US is like a malignant narcissist who begins with the assumption that everyone is obligated to provide him with deference and validation, and then takes it as a personal attack whenever they set normal boundaries. Empire managers really do believe the entire planet should submit to their authority and that it's an unprovoked act of aggression when this isn't given to them.

The claim "Iran is the world's largest state sponsor of terror" only makes sense when you remember that the western empire labels any group which opposes US/Israeli interests as a terrorist organization.

They even designated the IRGC as a terrorist group for fuck's sake. If you define a major part of a country's actual military forces as a terrorist entity, then obviously that country will per your own definition be a major "sponsor of terrorism" just by having a military.