Sensational details have emerged about how the US was led by Israel into war with Iran after Benjamin Netanyahu personally pitched President Donald Trump in the White House Situation Room, advancing claims about regime-change that senior American officials described as “farcical”. According to the New York Times, the Israeli prime minister used a highly classified meeting in February to press Trump to join a major assault on Iran, presenting regime change as a plausible outcome and portraying the risks of war as manageable. The report says Netanyahu arrived at the White House on 11 February and was taken to the Situation Room, where he delivered what officials described as a forceful presentation on Iran to Trump and a small circle […]
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