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Sunday 14th of June 2026 E-paper
* চট্টগ্রাম-কক্সবাজার মহাসড়ক দ্রুত ৬ লেনে উন্নীত করা হবে : প্রধানমন্ত্রী   * Thai princess dies aged 47 after three years in hospital: palace   * Trump pulls back on Iran strike threats amid signs of diplomatic progress   * Hwang in-beom inspires South Korea’s 2-1 comeback victory over the Czech Republic   * PM unveils commemorative stamp marking FIFA World Cup   * `Central theme of this year`s budget is inclusion of every citizen`   * Proposed budget approved in Cabinet meeting   * US launches strikes on Iran after Apache helicopter shot down   * Iran says Gulf nations have `responsibility` to halt US, Israeli strikes   * Govt to procure 10,000 MT lentils to stabilize market prices  
   Op-ed
  The US Shows its Power of Extreme Barbarity

Dr. Firoz Mahboob Kamal

 

Making another Gaza is the aim

The purpose of this US and Israeli joint attack is to inflict a wholesale destruction of Iran by destroying its basic infrastructures, oil industries, hospitals, powerhouses, military establishments and even schools. They also aim at committing a genocide. The US has dropped a bomb on an elementary school to kill its 168 children. So, the US and Israel are competing with one another to show their power of extreme brutality. In fact, both Israel and the US are showing their long-nurtured vengeance against Iran. Turning Iran into another Gaza is the only aim.

The world is a silent bystander. A very few countries condemned this illegal and unprovoked attack. In fact, there is a sense of jubilation in most of the Western capital except Spain. After the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khameni, the Sun -the most popular daily of London put the news like ‘evil man,’ ‘a terror chief’ killed. Most of the Western leaders condemned Iran for its missile attacks but not the US for the initiation of the war.

Nuclear weapon is the only deterrent

This war, like other wars, teaches a lesson. There is no substitute for military power. Those who lack military strength, they don`t have any chance to enjoy sovereignty, peace and security. Such weakness will only invite the powerful thug like the US to take over. Exactly that happened to Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Gaza and Venezuela.

Those who have an anti-Israeli position and pro-Islamic commitment are in the hit list of the US, Israel and the allies. It is now clear that the nuclear weapon is the only option to protect sovereignty. The possession of nuclear weapons is the only deterrent against wars. Like North Korea and Pakistan, if Iran had nuclear weapons it could save itself from the US and Israeli attack.

Who is going to surrender: US or Iran?

President Donald Trump has asked Iran to surrender. It is an extreme form of arrogance. The US is massively bombing to force Iran to surrender. Trump doesn’t know history. Firstly, no country in history could force another country only by bombing from the air. It needs a land invasion. Secondly, why should Iran surrender? Iran is a huge country with 90 million people having huge potentials to fight. Iran is not weaker than Afghanistan. The Afghans didn`t surrender; the US spent 2 trillion US dollars and fought for 20 years with a coalition of more than 40 countries to win over Afghanistan but failed.

Bombing from the air will cause huge destruction of Iran but will never induce surrender. To force Iranians to surrender, the US needs to spend a few more trillions of US dollars for its war campaign and put hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the ground. That will cause a disaster for the US. Then, Iran will start returning those soldiers in body bags. That will be enough to force the US to surrender. Because, the Americans have huge distaste for the body bags, that will force the US to surrender -as the body bags did in Afghanistan, Vietnam and Iraq. 08/03/2026



  
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