[AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky]The Ukrainian attack on an Iranian cargo ship in the Caspian Sea marks a new stage in the fusion of the NATO war against Russia with the US-Israeli war against Iran. It confirms David North’s 2026 May Day warning: “World war is not a future threat but a presently unfolding reality.” The attack exposes the central fraud of the propaganda surrounding the Ukraine war. This completely exposes the pseudo-left tendencies that claim the Ukraine war is the “good war,” while Gaza and Iran are the “bad wars.” Germany, Britain, France and the other European powers have used the Ukraine war to launch the largest rearmament since the Second World War, revive conscription and transform Europe into a war economy.