In its war on Iran, the US empire seeks to impose hegemony in West Asia (aka the Middle East), destroy the Axis of Resistance, colonize Palestine, destabilize the revolutionary Iranian government, preserve the petrodollar system, prevent de-dollarization, divide BRICS, and break up the Iran-Russia-China partnership.
The United States and Israel are jointly waging war on Iran, but why? What are their real goals?
What the US empire would like to accomplish is the following:
- Maintain US hegemony in West Asia (aka the Middle East)
- Destroy the anti-colonial Axis of Resistance, making possible the total colonization of Palestine
- Prevent Iran from ever developing nuclear capabilities
- Overthrow or at least weaken Iran’s independent, revolutionary government
- Scare other countries in the region that may seek to move away from the US and the dollar (especially the Gulf monarchies)
- Preserve the petrodollar system, ensuring global demand for the US dollar
- Destabilize BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, divide the Global South, and disrupt the multipolar project
- Break up the Iran-Russia-China partnership, with the ultimate goal of isolating Beijing
That said, it is of course by no means guaranteed that these goals will be achieved.
