"As President Trump continues assembling an "armada" in the Middle East, decades of political efforts to maneuver the United States into war with Iran may finally be coming to fruition. Yet rather than delivering "help" to Iranians in the form of American bombs-and pulling the US into a potentially open-ended conflict that many experts say would make the invasion of Iraq look like a cakewalk-Trump has, for now, pivoted to negotiations."
"US policy on Iran is one of the most aggressively one-sided political contests in Washington. The sprawling ecosystem pushing for war includes foreign leaders like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who rushed to Washington this past week to run interference as US talks with Iran showed signs of promise. It also includes the lobbying power of groups like AIPAC and their affiliated dark-money political operations like Democratic Majority for Israel"
A wide-ranging pro-war coalition in Washington is mobilizing to push the United States toward confrontation with Iran even as the Trump administration engages in negotiations. The coalition includes foreign leaders such as Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, major lobbying groups like AIPAC and affiliated dark-money operations, influential think tanks, and exiled Iranian figures advocating regime change. These actors deploy media, congressional testimony, and political pressure to shape policy and preserve an opening for military action. The campaign echoes past regime-change playbooks and seeks to prevent diplomatic breakthroughs that could close the window for intervention.
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