What is burning in the Middle East today—the military offensive launched last Saturday by the US and Israel against Iran. It is not just another distant conflict: it is the spark that threatens to set the world ablaze. This confrontation, far from being a local skirmish, has all the hallmarks of becoming the prelude. To a global confrontation between military powers. A storm of incalculable proportions whose outcome no one can predict.
Starting a war of this magnitude in a region that is already a powder keg is not only reckless. It is a form of collective suicide. There, where the fuse is always lit, any spark—and this is one—ends up blowing everything up. And those who pay the price are not the strategists in their bunkers, but the civilian population: men, women, and children trapped under the barrage of missiles. Reduced to cold numbers in a war report.
This conflict defies not only reason, but also law. It is illegal under US law itself, which requires congressional consent to wage war. It is also illegal in the eyes of the world. As it lacks the backing of a UN Security Council resolution. It is being waged, therefore, outside the bounds of the law. Sustained only by the will of a few.
It has been justified by the specter of the nuclear threat. And yet, just yesterday, Tehran was speaking of “good progress” in the negotiations. Willing to limit its program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. The path of dialogue was open, but it was abruptly closed because, as the US president himself has hinted, the objective is no longer to prevent the bomb, but to overthrow the government. Regime change in Iran. That is the true goal.
Neither motive justifies a devastating war. The consequences of this escalation will not stop at the borders of the Middle East. Its shockwaves will reach Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The entire world will tremble if this continues.
Let’s hope that common sense still finds a place amidst all this din. Let’s hope that sanity prevails before the fire engulfs us all. Let this madness cease, before humanity stops being a subject of history and becomes only its memory.
With information from Camilo Velazco Petittón/La Voz del Níquel
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