The US bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities in the early hours of June 22, coming on the heels of a week-long barrage of Israeli missile strikes, marks a grave and dangerous escalation in the US-Israel campaign of aggression in the Middle East. Far from being a show of strength, this naked act of war underscores the deepening crisis and strategic decline of US imperialism.

Under Donald Trump, the US has taken increasingly desperate measures to reassert its waning dominance. The bombing of Iran, justified under the pretense of thwarting “nuclear weapons development” follows the same deceitful playbook used to justify the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.

In constructing this narrative of “preemptive defense,” the US arrogantly assumes for itself the exclusive right to decide which nations may or may not develop nuclear capabilities. This monopoly on nuclear power exposes the sheer hypocrisy of the US, which itself maintains the world’s largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. The US insists on its supposed right to dictate the policies of sovereign states, punish those who assert independence, and impose its will through wars and destabilization. This  narrative has increasingly lost credibility, and its desperate enforcement through military aggression only underscores the erosion of the US’s global standing.

At its core, this war of aggression is about US imperialism’’s crumbling authority in a multipolar world where emerging powers challenge its hegemony. With economic supremacy eroding, domestic polarization intensifying, and geopolitical influence slipping, the US is lashing out, using war as a tool to maintain control. The coordinated assault with Israel seeks to crush Iran’s resistance, send a message to the rest of the region, and secure continued access to the Middle East’s vast oil reserves. But in doing so, the US only reveals its growing reliance on brute force in place of a deepening crisis of legitimacy.

Trump’s abrogation of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty in 2018, and his refusal to return to the negotiating table, laid the groundwork for this conflict. His open threats to assassinate Iranian leaders and calls for regime change only serves to expose his true intentions of taking control of Iran.

Israel’s role in this escalation cannot be understated. Backed by the US, the Zionist state has bombed not only military targets but also oil refineries, research facilities, and civilian residential areas. These strikes are part of a broader campaign of US-Israeli aggression in the region, marked by genocidal attacks on Gaza, airstrikes in Syria and Yemen, and occupations in Lebanon and the Golan Heights. Together, the US and Israel are driving the region into deeper instability and unprecedent human suffering.

But aggression fuels resistance. The Iranian people, like the Palestinian people, are rising up to defend their sovereignty. Across the globe, democratic and peace-loving forces are standing in solidarity with those who resist imperialist war. In the US itself, Trump’s unauthorized war moves have provoked outrage, with growing calls for his impeachment and removal.

For the Filipino people, this is a moment of clarity. The Marcos regime’s complicity in US military expansion through new bases, war games, stockpiles and more recently the manufacturing of US weapons has tied the Philippines more closely to the US imperialist war machine. The Filipino people must reject this dangerous subservience and instead demand the removal of all US military presence from Philippine soil.

We must stand in firm solidarity with the Iranian and Palestinian peoples, and with all those resisting imperialist aggression. The National Democratic Front of the Philippines calls on the Filipino people to wage protest, build unity, and advance the people’s war as the most resolute form of resistance against US imperialism and the Marcos puppet regime!