What Comes After the Iran War? — with Rep. Jim Himes

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Netanyahu's Long Game: How Israel Finally Got America Into the War

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Galloway asks Himes to characterise the U.S.-Israeli relationship and whether Trump was co-opted into the war. Himes offers a precise reading: Netanyahu is probably the wiliest political leader he has ever personally met, and the prime minister has spent years working to pull American military power into a confrontation with Iran. Obama refused. Biden refused. Trump refused in his first term. ^{[1] — Jim Himes "Netanyahu tried to pull the U.S. into war with Iran under Obama, Biden, and Trump's first term — all said no. Himes says the PM likely pain…" 16:03 Play} But this time, with Trump's particular susceptibility to flattery and a narrative of historic greatness, Netanyahu made it happen — press reports describe Ratcliffe calling the regime-collapse scenario 'fantastical' while Netanyahu pressed his case. Himes then broadens the analysis to explain how Netanyahu's deliberate alignment with the Republican Party — beginning with his 2015 speech to Congress against Obama's Iran deal — has eroded the bipartisan U.S.-Israel consensus, especially among Americans under 40 who view the Gaza war and West Bank settlement expansion through a different historical lens.