Made-for-Israel Wars: America’s Dangerous Habit of Forgetting

Image by Walter Martin.

As argued in last week’s article, economic coercion is never an end in itself, it is the prelude. When sanctions fail, when financial pressure cannot bend reality to the satisfaction of Washington’s Israel-first demands, the next instrument is always the same: war. The U.S. has fallen into this trap repeatedly, ignoring the lesson every time, especially when Israel’s interest sits at the core.

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