Netanyahu's war? Analysts say Trump's Iran strikes benefit Israel, not US

"In the end, the so-called nation-builders wrecked far more nations than they built, and the interventionists were intervening in complex societies that they did not even understand themselves, the US president said in rebuke of his hawkish predecessors."

"Less than a year later, Trump ordered an all-out assault on Iran with the stated goal of bringing freedom to the country, borrowing language from the playbook of interventionist neoconservatives, like former President George W Bush, whom he spent his political career criticising."

"This is, once again, a war of choice launched by the US with [a] push from Israel, said Negar Mortazavi, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC. This is another Israeli war that the US is launching."

"It is ironic, because this is a president who called himself the president of peace, she told Al Jazeera. Netanyahu, who promoted the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, has been warning for more than two decades that Iran is on the cusp of acquiring nuclear weapons."

President Trump criticized interventionist policies during a May Middle East visit, stating that nation-building efforts had failed and that the US should not attempt to reshape foreign governments. However, less than a year later, Trump ordered military action against Iran with the stated goal of bringing freedom to the country, adopting language from neoconservative interventionists like George W. Bush, whom he previously criticized. Analysts argue this military campaign contradicts Trump's political ideology and campaign promises. Iran experts contend the war primarily benefits Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has pushed for US military action against Iran for two decades. The contradiction highlights the irony of a president who campaigned as a peace advocate now pursuing regime-change military intervention.

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