Secretary of State Marco Rubio admitted that the U.S. was forced into the war with Iran by Israel while speaking with reporters on Monday. He explained that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had effectively boxed in the Trump administration, taking the decision out of American hands.

“We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action,” Rubio explained. “We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t pre-emptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.”

Rubio’s disclosure highlights the Trump administration’s unwillingness to rein in the actions of Israel, even when that country’s policies resulted in U.S. attacks that only a tiny minority of the American public supports.

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    I just don’t understand what Israel has on the US et al. Like how is this tiny dependent state “forcing” the United States into anything?

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      You know who Epstein was working for, right?

      Hint: Look up who Ghislaine Maxwell’s dad was.

      They literally have photos and evidence against a significant portion of western leaders and lobbyists. That combines with the influence purchased through one of the largest PACs in the America and it really shouldn’t be that hard to imagine.

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        On top of the threat of Epstein, Trump has spent a lot of time talking about whether he will get into heaven lately. Coupled with the news that military leaders are saying that the strikes are to help Trump usher in the Christian Armageddon end times, it’s also reasonable to think that Netanyahu coaxed Trump into thinking if he “helped God” he might actually get into heaven despite the child rape and murder.

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      Israel owns almost all US politicians through AIPAC. Plus they have komporomat of Trump and others in the US government.

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        Aipac is funded by american christian zionists who pay politicians to support Israel so at the end it is americans who control israel. The usa would have already claimed officially that the west bank belong to Israel otherwise

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      They don’t have anything on the U.S. Netenyahu and Trump both know that without an extreme intervention, both of their futures are headed towards either a military tribunal or cyanide in a bunker.

      It’s narcissistic authoritarian elitists with more loyalty and faith to each other than any country or religion they pretend to give a shit about. They’re desperate to avoid accountability at all costs and figure they might as well go out with a bang Thelma and Louise style. And we all get to go over the cliff with them because “democracy and freedom are incompatible.” 🙃

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      Christians need Isreal to exist. It is a requirement for their beloved rapture to occur, which they want so that they can spend eternity with their God. The US is overwhelmingly Christian.

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      The only fully aligned ally in the middle east. If we look at history, arabs have assaulted Europe practically continuously after the founding of Islam. That stopped when modern Israel was created.