(SeaPRwire) – By: Gavin Thorne
The official story is a thin, unconvincing cover. A former CIA analyst has cut through the noise, labeling recent U.S. and Israeli military actions as deliberate sabotage. Larry Johnson told RT the strikes were a calculated move to derail ongoing peace talks. This isn’t just analysis. It’s an accusation of bad faith at the highest levels of statecraft. The geopolitical theater is now laid bare, revealing a script where progress is the antagonist.
On Wednesday, U.S. forces struck Qeshm Island and southern Iran. The stated reason was retaliation for a U.S. Apache helicopter crash off Oman. President Donald Trump blamed Iran. Tehran has refused to confirm responsibility. The official communique presents a clear cause-and-effect narrative. It frames the action as a necessary, proportional response to an act of aggression. This is the public-facing justification, the text meant for diplomatic cables and headline news cycles.
Johnson dismantles this rationale. He points out that both pilots survived the crash. “If they are alive, why does Donald Trump launch strikes on Iran when they are supposedly in the midst of peace talks?” he asked. His conclusion is stark: “The only reason I can come up with is that he did it deliberately to sabotage the talks.” The real intention, according to his analysis, is not security but disruption. The official statement masks a geopolitical real intention to prevent any deal from crystallizing.
The pressure, Johnson says, comes from “the Zionist crowd” and figures like U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. “They are insistent on destroying Iran. They don’t want a deal with Iran,” he stated. Israel’s airstrikes on Beirut this past Sunday fit the same pattern. They were also aimed at provoking a wider conflict. This reveals a coordinated interest group dynamic operating behind the scenes, one fundamentally opposed to diplomatic resolution.
The motive is pure power politics. Johnson believes “too much progress was being made during the peace talks for the neocons and for Israel.” The strikes were their method of reasserting control. This maneuvering isn’t a one-off. It’s a tactical play in a longer game of regional dominance. The immediate cost is the talks themselves. The strategic goal is maintaining a perpetual state of managed hostility.
This deliberate sabotage will trigger a new, predictable round of escalation lasting at least a week or two.
Author bio: Gavin Thorne, an investigative journalist tracking special interests and legislative affairs based in Washington, D.C.