The unipolar predator

The article discusses the US-Israeli military strike during Ramzan that assassinated Iranian leadership, challenging the Westphalian order and regional stability.

Majid Nabi Burfat

Majid Nabi Burfat

March 2, 2026

5 min read
The unipolar predator

How a Biblical Monopoly assassinated sovereignty in the heart of Ramzan

The international rule of law did not die a natural death; it was executed in cold blood on the night of February 28, 2026, under a sky lit by American-made missiles and Zionist ambition. While the Muslim world was immersed in the spiritual stillness of Ramzan—a season of Hurmat where blood is sacred and war is a profound transgression—the US-Israeli axis chose to drench the region in fire. In a massive escalation, a strike force of nearly 200 aircraft launched "Operation Genesis," decapitating the Iranian leadership and incinerating the very concept of national sovereignty. The confirmed assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei and his core command represents the ultimate breach of the Westphalian order. This was never a "calibrated response" to a nuclear threat, nor was it a failure of diplomacy; it was a calculated sabotage of the Oman-mediated peace talks that authentic reports confirmed were on the cusp of success. By striking at the precise moment Tehran signaled a "zero-stockpiling" agreement, Washington has signaled that it no longer seeks a stable Middle East, but a submissive one. The mask of "security" has been discarded to reveal the archaic face of a new crusade—a "Greater Israel" agenda that views ancient scripture as a land deed and international law as a mere inconvenience to be bypassed.

While Pakistan finds itself tactically pinned down on its western border, fighting a grinding, manufactured insurgency against a TTP that thrives under the suspicious silence of the Afghan Taliban, the true center of gravity has shifted. With Pakistan’s military now facing a formal "declaration of war" from the Afghan Taliban as of February 27, this is a classic "pinning maneuver" in grand strategy: keep regional powers like Pakistan distracted with internal fires and border skirmishes so they cannot look toward the external inferno. The "nuclear issue" was always a phantom, a convenient casus belli used to justify the removal of the only regional force capable of providing a strategic counter-weight to the Zionist monopoly. Tehran was ready to talk, and the Oman channel had facilitated a breakthrough that would have seen Iran down-blend its uranium in exchange for verified security guarantees. Yet, for the US-Israeli axis, an Iranian peace was more dangerous than an Iranian bomb. A stable Iran would have blocked the path to the expansionist vision now being openly preached by American diplomats.

The mask slipped completely when US Ambassador Mike Huckabee declared to Tucker Carlson that Israel has a "Biblical right" to vast swaths of the Middle East. This rhetoric, which claims territory from the "Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates," isn't just talk; it is a blueprint for a "Greater Israel" that seeks to rewrite the geography of the region. This doctrine of "Regime Change for Territorial Expansion" has a dark, well-documented lineage in the Western hemisphere. We have seen this playbook used with devastating effect in Latin America, where the "Monroe Doctrine" was weaponized to ensure no sovereign power could defy Washington’s monopoly. From the 1973 overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile to the more recent hybrid warfare used to destabilize Venezuela and Bolivia, the strategy remains identical: eliminate sovereign leaders, install compliant satrapies, and secure resource monopolies. In Iran today, the US is applying this Latin American "Doctrine of Disappearance" to the Middle East, ensuring that the Zionist state is surrounded only by neutered regimes that lack the military spine to question the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

This latest transgression exposes a chilling truth: the world was mistaken to believe it had transitioned into a stable multipolar era. Recent episodes—from the aggressive strangulation of Venezuela to the naked aggression against Iran—conspicuously prove that we are still living under a unipolar predator that views the "rules-based order" as a one-way street. The international community must face the reality that theatrical condemnations are no longer sufficient. While the UN has long since become toothless, the silence or "measured restraint" of major powers like Russia and China is increasingly conspicuous. If the emerging poles of power do not come forth with more than just rhetoric, they concede that the hegemon still holds the exclusive right to decapitate sovereign states at will. Multipolarity is a myth if it cannot protect a sovereign UN member from a "biblically-ordained" firestorm.

The moral bankruptcy of this moment is exacerbated by the brazen complicity of certain Muslim capitals. The reports that US B-2 bombers were permitted to utilize regional air jurisdiction and bases during the holy month of Ramzan is a stain that will not be easily washed away. These regimes have not bought themselves safety; they have merely purchased a front-row seat to their own eventual irrelevance. By facilitating the decapitation of a fellow Muslim power, they have signaled to the Trump administration that their sovereignty is a commodity for sale. They have forgotten the lesson of the Global South: those who help the tiger eat their neighbor are usually the tiger’s next meal.

Ultimately, the assassination of the Iranian leadership in the heart of Ramzan marks the end of the rules-based order. It is a transition to a "might-based order," where the Bible is used as a land deed and a cruise missile serves as the enforcement officer. The US political system, now a hostage to the Zionist monopoly, has chosen to burn the Middle East to satisfy a theological fantasy. The world must now wake up to the fact that the "Greater Israel" agenda is no longer a fringe theory; it is the official, armed policy of the world’s lone superpower. As the dust settles over Tehran, the question for the remaining sovereign powers, from the Gulf to the Indus, is no longer how to negotiate with a hegemon that has traded its reason for a crusade, but how to survive its next "biblically-ordained" expansion.

Share:
Majid Nabi Burfat
Majid Nabi Burfat

The writer is a freelance columnist

View all articles →

Comments

Supports: **bold** *italic* [link](url) > quote @mention0/2000
Guest comments require moderation

No comments yet. Be the first to join the discussion!