The New York Times story from today shows exactly how Netanyahu manipulated Trump into the war in Iran, and now to the verge of economic disaster and possible use of nuclear weapons:
1) Netanyahu was the primary driver of the military campaign, spending months pressing the U.S. for a major assault. In a high-stakes Feb. 11 Situation Room meeting, he delivered a pivotal presentation arguing that Iran was "ripe for regime change".
2) He and Mossad Director David Barnea presented intelligence suggesting that intense bombing, combined with Mossad-fomented civil unrest and ground incursions by Kurdish fighters, would lead to the Iranian regime's collapse.
3) When questioned by U.S. officials, Netanyahu argued that the "risks of inaction" far outweighed the risks of a strike, asserting that the Iranian ballistic missile program could be destroyed within weeks with minimal blowback.
4) To avoid leaks and pushback, the key Situation Room meeting on Feb. 11 was kept small. Vance was in Azerbaijan and unable to return in time, leaving the path clear for Netanyahu to make his pitch directly to the president.
5) While intelligence assessments were pessimistic, Trump deferred to Netanyahu’s confidence, believing that a U.S.-led mission could "finally bring an end" to the Islamic Republic.
The story is clear. This was a pet project of Netanyahu and he used his sizable manipulation talents on Trump, who proved highly susceptible. This led us to the current disaster. That is not a conspiracy theory and it is not antisemitism. It is a fact.