Srinagar, March 7 -- US and Israeli leaders are framing the ongoing conflict with Iran as a religious war primarily for domestic mobilisation, civilisational framing, and strategic narrative construction.

While the US-Israel led war against Iran could primarily be described as the one which is aimed at reducing Iran, the only country in west Asia, as it is a direct threat to the American hegemony in the region. Most other countries in the region are under the direct or indirect influence of the US either due to safeguarding their financial empires and dynastic rules.

Democracy has been elusive to the region. The Arab Spring could be described as a wishful movement to promote democratic culture in the region, but it was very subtly burie...