As the worst fears of American society were being confirmed, basically, that this was not going to be a casualty-free ride in the ranks of the US Army, a grace began to emerge. Then, going viral with each published information that warned of a lack of foresight in the ammunition that Washington needs to fuel its bombing raids or anti-aircraft batteries. until that meme It became a motto, slogan and cry of protest. One so simple that it evokes the draft cards burned by those who refused to go to die in Vietnam: “Send Barron [Trump]”.
In the last six days of conflict, the conflict has grown and not only has the Democrats against it. Despite the fact that the Senate has authorized for the moment, fear is multiplying in the ranks of a Republican Party already upset by the poor forecasts that are being handled for the next big electoral event: the midterm November, in which Trump’s economic promises have not materialized even with the tariff war that the Supreme Court has overturned.
Added to this is (‘Make America Great Again’) in which more and more voices emerge against its predecessor. Trump promised that he would continue to be , but he ended up being another Republican who bombs a Middle Eastern country under the pretext that . For someone who cemented his second electoral victory by achieving the highest percentage of the popular vote in history, that is taking its toll. And the Trump Administration has already begun to react with one of its best weapons. Blame others. Only in this case, the ‘other’ is its greatest ally in the region – and client in terms of arms purchases -: Israel.
Marco Rubio: “We knew that there would be an Israeli action and that would precipitate an attack against US forces”
If the first complaints from the Trump Administration consisted of blaming the Biden Administration for having sent a good part of the ammunition reserves to Ukraine, yesterday the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, left some statements that greatly varied that direction. At a press conference, and asked who really decided on this attack or what the US’s interests are in it, the head of US diplomacy let go of Israel’s hand for a moment and slipped that because the Israelis would act, yes or yes, unilaterally, causing the outbreak of the conflict that would also impact the US.
Rubio said, adding that for this reason “we knew that this would precipitate an attack against US forces.” And at that time, he introduced the argument of another preventive war to prevent more wars. “And we knew that if we did not preemptively pursue them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer more casualties and perhaps even more deaths,” he argued, leaving the ball in Netanyahu’s court. A ball that he later tried to pick up when the criticism intensified, but those words were included verbatim in the statement posted on the State Department’s website.
“We, the president [Trump]”We decided that they would not attack us first,” Rubio later tried to clarify, when asked if that meant that Israel had taken the lead. The Secretary of State also stated that “if you tell the president of the United States that if we do not attack first, there will be more deaths and injuries, the president will act first.” and that, basically, “that is what he did” and “that is what the president will always do.”
It was not enough of an explanation for the journalists present, who rephrased the question asking if the attacks had to start last weekend. Rubio has denied this, despite contradicting his statements, and has pointed to “a unique opportunity to take joint measures”, but emphasizing that “the president had already made the decision to act.” Just a few hours earlier, Trump had been visibly upset and had come out to deny that he had decided to give the order to attack to prevent Israel from doing so unilaterally.
These were not statements that went unnoticed and his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araqchi, took advantage of them to attack the United States and try to ridicule the world power by claiming that it bows to Israel’s interests. “Rubio admitted what we all knew: the US has entered a war of choice on behalf of Israel,” said Iran’s foreign minister, indulging in a pun on the ‘first commandment’. about trump’‘:”Both American and Iranian bloodshed is the responsibility of ‘Israel First’ supporters [por el lema ‘America first’]”.
Israel maneuvers before another crack in public opinion: “Israel does not dictate anything to President Trump (…) God forbid”
This same Thursday, top-level Israeli authorities had to come out to speak out on this issue. The president of Israel, Isaac Herzog, did so in an interview with the American network CBSin which he assured that, in reality, the US had no choice but to act, but that in no case was it due to Israeli pressure: “Israel does not dictate anything to President Trump and Israel does not drag the US into a war, God forbid. This decision of his [se refiere a Trump] is based on clear considerations and a professional decision-making process.”
Herzog has clung to the argument that the attack was necessary due to the threat of it being carried out with nuclear weapons, again, without providing a single piece of evidence that contradicts what organizations such as the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) say or even the US security assessment, a report prepared by the four main US Intelligence agencies.
“When you know that they have invested all their nation’s resources and money in sowing chaos in the Middle East while you try to make peace with Muslim countries. When you know that they have another new secret plan to rush to make the bomb, you have to take action,” said the Israeli president, before making a clarification addressed to the American people. “I am not asking to send troops on the ground,” he declared, extending that clarification in a context of international disapproval. “I’m not asking this of any American or anyone else,” he added.
It is also worth noting that it is nothing new that the weight of Israeli policy is being raised when it comes to dragging the US to defend its interests in the region. It is an issue that has entered the debate and public opinion since the US joined the previous attack on Iran, through the Operation Midnight Hammerfor which they took pride in having destroyed this war.
In fact, in the early stages of this military campaign, they also asked Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a similar question, asking him what he had to say to those who claim that the US is bowing to Israel’s interests. It was in Fox News and Netanyahu showed that it is comfortable ground to express himself. So much so that the beginning of his response was , before describing it as “ridiculous.”
