以“自卫”之名，在他人领土上玩战争模拟器Simulating War on Others' Soil Under the Guise of 'Self-Defence'
Centcom 的措辞是一次典型的表达武器化。使用 “measured and deliberate” (审慎且蓄意的) 这种词汇，试图将一次跨境军事打击伪装成一种外科手术般的精准管理。在这种叙事中，伊朗的雷达站和指挥中心被客体化为需要被“消除”的故障点，而这种对解释权的垄断，掩盖了最核心的暴力逻辑：一个拥有绝对武力优势的权力中心，在定义什么是“自卫” (self-defence)。
最讽刺的是，这种所谓的“自卫”动作发生在科威特被导弹和无人机袭击的同一时间窗口。这揭示了一个残酷的 structural violence：中东地区的领土和生命，在超级大国的博弈中仅仅是 interchangeable (可替换) 的棋盘。科威特的防空警报声，在美军的叙事里不过是其“迅速响应”的背景音。这就是元暴力 (meta violence) 的运作方式——男性中心叙事下的战争逻辑，将所有非权力中心的他者客体化，将其生存空间视作可以随时通过“打击”来修正的参数。
所谓的 ceasefire (停火协议) 在这种博弈中不过是一个 PR 术语。它不是为了停止暴力，而是为了在下一次“自卫”之前，给资源重新分配和叙事铺垫留出时间。当一个人定义了什么是“侵略”，他也就拥有了合法实施暴力的定价权。在这种定价权面前，无论是科威特的平民还是伊朗的设施，都只是这场存在性战争中被消耗的低价值资产。
Centcom's phrasing is a textbook case of the weaponisation of expression. By using terms like “measured and deliberate,” they attempt to disguise a cross-border military strike as a form of surgical management. In this narrative, Iranian radar stations and command centers are objectified as 'glitches' to be eliminated. This monopoly on the power of interpretation masks the core logic of violence: a power center with absolute military superiority defining what constitutes “self-defence.”
The irony peaks as these “self-defence” actions coincide with missile and drone attacks on Kuwait. This reveals a brutal structural violence: the territories and lives in the Middle East are merely interchangeable pieces on a superpower's chessboard. The air raid sirens in Kuwait are nothing more than background noise to the US's “swift response.” This is how meta-violence operates—the masculine-centric logic of war objectifies all others outside the power center, treating their living space as parameters to be corrected via “strikes.”
The so-called ceasefire is merely a PR term in this game. It is not meant to end violence, but to allow time for resource reallocation and narrative priming before the next “self-defence” act. When one party defines what “aggression” is, they seize the pricing power over the legitimate use of violence. Under this pricing power, whether it is Kuwaiti civilians or Iranian facilities, all are just low-value assets consumed in this existential war.