US-Zionist War On Iran: A Clash Of Civilizations

Zafar Bangash

Shawwal 13, 1447 2026-04-01

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by Zafar Bangash (Main Stories, Crescent International Vol. 56, No. 2, Shawwal, 1447)

What we are witnessing in the US-zionist attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran reflects a clash of civilizations. On one side are the modern-day barbarians represented by the US, zionist Israel and their backers, and on the other a country with a 5,000-year history.

From the beginning of the illegal and unprovoked war, the US-zionist duo have bombed schools killing hundreds of young girls. They have also bombed hospitals, apartment buildings and other civilian infrastructure.

Islamic Iran has not responded in kind. It has confined its retaliatory strikes to US military bases in the region and zionist military targets in occupied Palestine. American bases in the region are being used to launch attacks against Iran.

The Arabian regimes are complaining that Iran is hitting them when they are not involved in the war. They have provided bases to the US for launching deadly strikes against Iran. Zionist Israel’s bombers use their airspace to attack Iran. What should Iran do to protect itself? These regimes have also complained that Iran is targeting their hotels and oil facilities.

Iran has precise information that hotels in these countries are being used to house US troops who fled the military bases. They are, therefore, legitimate military targets and no longer qualify as civilian infrastructure.

If they want to prevent attacks on US military bases and hotels housing American soldiers, these regimes should shut them down and expel all Americans from their countries. By hosting US military bases, these regimes are complicit in US-zionist war crimes.

While the collective west has a gory record of genocide against peoples in Asia and Africa as well as North and South America, the evil duo—the US and Israel—have excelled in barbarism in recent times.

A statement attributed to the Irish poet, playwright Oscar Wilde, says: “America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without going through the stage of civilization.” It has also been attributed to others, among them George Bernard Shaw, Winston Churchill and Georges Clemenceau.

Regardless of who said it, we can safely assume that today America represents the worst manifestations of both barbarism and decadence. Its savagery in Iran is self-evident. Some of America’s closest allies have distanced themselves from the illegal war unleashed against Iran.

From killing hundreds of school girls, in conjunction with the zionist war criminals, to bombing hospitals as well as other civilian infrastructure including apartment buildings, American barbarism is raging with full fury. Caligula, Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun would be envious of the current White House occupant Donald Trump.

The ongoing savagery to which Iran is subjected follows a long list of other horrors inflicted on the people of Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Pakistan. Add to that the US-backed zionist genocide in Gaza (still ongoing) and one can get a sense of what America and its illegitimate zionist ward are all about.

For decadence, one need not look any further than the Epstein files. Even after redactions, the filth that has oozed out of its pages reflects the vulgar mentality of American and western elite. That they would target underage children and rape them represents their sick mentality. Some have been murdered for speaking out against the horrors they were subjected to.

While the Epstein files represent the ugliness of their conduct, Hollywood has long been notorious for promoting such culture. It is the initiator of the banality and hedonism of American, and indeed western culture as a whole. Hollywood is also infested with zionist Jews.

In a remarkable twist of history, the US-zionist alliance—who is the master and who the slave is a moot point—has been exposed for the whole world to see. And their genocidal nature is also on full display.

Zionist Israel is an illegitimate entity, planted by the Europeans in the heartland of Islam. It represents the worst of human behaviour, surpassing even wild beasts. It is a racist entity by law—as the National Law of 2018 of Israel shows—and hell-bent on ethnically cleansing the Palestinians from the last tiny sliver of land called Gaza.

The racism spouted by the zionists is not only demeaning, it is frightening. This, however, was expected. The vast majority of Israelis are alien invaders in the holy land. They are squatters from Eastern and Western Europe (and now increasingly from North America as well). They have nothing to do with the land of Palestine despite their nonsensical claim that God ‘promised’ them this land.

Why would God promise the holy land to hustlers and thieves? What have they done to deserve such favour? Besides, the vast majority of them do not even believe in God but have the chutzkah to declare that God promised them this land.

The zionists, however, are not constrained by any legal, logical or moral arguments. They indulge in blackmail using sex and corruption as tools. American politicians are particularly susceptible to this kind of blackmail. Again, remember the Epstein files.

The convicted felon, tax fraud and sex predator (Trump) was blackmailed by Netanyahu to attack Iran. This was a long-cherished desire of the indicted war criminal dating back to the victory of the Islamic revolution in early 1979.

Netanyahu succeeded in getting the US to attack Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen while the zionist army attacked Lebanon several times. The hope was to eliminate Hizbullah, a quest in which they have failed.

The values of the two sides clearly reflect their divergent outlooks. On the one hand are absolute criminals with no scruples or morals. The only thing that guides their conduct is what they perceive would benefit them. On the other side is a country that adheres strictly to Islamic principles of warfare. While Iran can wipe out the 4.5 million residents of Tel Aviv, it has not done so.

Instead, before Islamic Iran launches an attack on Israel, especially where Israeli military and strategic assets are embedded among civilians, it gives prior warning for the people to leave. This is reflected in the vast difference in civilian casualties on the two sides.

Iran has suffered more than 23,000 casualties, of whom at least 1900 have been killed. In zionist Israel, by contrast, civilian casualties can be counted on one’s fingers. Iran is quite capable of inflicting mass civilian casualties but Islam prohibits targeting non-combatants.

Only civilized people who respect human life adhere to such principles. Barbarians and war criminals do not. Let that sink in.