Editor pick

Did Israel Drag the US Into War with Iran?

Walter Smolarek, editor of Liberation News, breaks down the Trump administration’s chaotic Iran policy—where officials contradicted each other and scrambled to recover from repeated miscalculations. The central question: Did Israel drag the U.S. into war, or was Washington already all in?

Smolarek explains there was “a baseline desire for regime change in Iran” inside Washington, forcing officials to “get themselves out of the corner they backed into.” Meanwhile, the Democratic response reveals a deeper crisis across the political establishment.

Walter Smolarek says the real story is that “there was a baseline desire for regime change in Iran” already baked into U.S. policy.

Tags:
Rania Khalek

Rania Khalek is an award-winning Lebanese-American journalist and host of Dispatches on Breakthrough News, where she investigates the global consequences of imperialism, war, and systemic oppression. With over a decade of frontline reporting from conflict zones and marginalized communities, her work has been featured in The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, FAIR, and The Electronic Intifada, where she served on the editorial board.

Related Articles

0 thoughts on “Did Israel Drag the US Into War with Iran?”

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *