Kuala Lampur, June 16 -- I once shared tea with a war survivor in Tehran. His hands shook, not from fear, but from memory. "Every war," he said, "starts with a lie. And the lie always comes dressed as a question: What if? What if they strike first? What if they have weapons?"

This past month, that old ghost was revived, wrapped in air raid sirens and flaming headlines. Israeli jets lit the sky above Iran, targeting what they called "imminent nuclear threats". But behind the military jargon and global spin cycle, a darker truth stirs - one that demands more than our attention. It demands outrage.

Let's get something straight. Iran has never declared war on any country in modern history. Not during the Shah's era. Not under the Islamic Re...