The New York effing Times has a story about the decision to launch the joint U.S. and Israeli attack Iran. Unsurprisingly, the deranged and impulsive Malignant Fascist was apparently putty in the hand of right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Bibi "Bomb Bomb" Netanyahu, who has wanted the U.S. to lead an attack on its arch enemy in many years. From the opening paragraphs of the article:
"The black S.U.V. carrying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House just before 11 a.m. on Feb. 11. The Israeli leader, who had been pressing for months for the United States to agree to a major assault on Iran, was whisked inside with little ceremony, out of view of reporters, primed for one of the most high-stakes moments in his long career.
U.S. and Israeli officials gathered first in the Cabinet Room, adjacent to the Oval Office. Then Mr. Netanyahu headed downstairs for the main event: a highly classified presentation on Iran for President Trump and his team in the White House Situation Room, which was rarely used for in-person meetings with foreign leaders.
Mr. Trump sat down, but not in his usual position at the head of the room’s mahogany conference table. Instead, the president took a seat on one side, facing the large screens mounted along the wall. Mr. Netanyahu sat on the other side, directly opposite the president.
Appearing on the screen behind the prime minister was David Barnea, the director of Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, as well as Israeli military officials. Arrayed visually behind Mr. Netanyahu, they created the image of a wartime leader surrounded by his team.
Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, sat at the far end of the table. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who doubled as the national security adviser, had taken his regular seat. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who generally sat together in such settings, were on one side; joining them was John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director. Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, and Steve Witkoff, Mr. Trump’s special envoy, who had been negotiating with the Iranians, rounded out the main group.
The gathering had been kept deliberately small to guard against leaks. Other top cabinet secretaries had no idea it was happening. Also absent was the vice president. JD Vance was in Azerbaijan, and the meeting had been scheduled on such short notice that he was unable to make it back in time.
The presentation that Mr. Netanyahu would make over the next hour would be pivotal in setting the United States and Israel on the path toward a major armed conflict in the middle of one of the world’s most volatile regions. And it would lead to a series of discussions inside the White House over the following days and weeks, the details of which have not been previously reported, in which Mr. Trump weighed his options and the risks before giving the go-ahead to join Israel in attacking Iran." (our emphasis)
Obviously, Netanyahu calculated that this would be his best chance to convince the lethargic and distracted Oval Office buffoon that Iran was close to having nuclear weapons and a ballistic missile capability that could threaten both Israel and the U.S. Therefore a timely attack to decapitate the Iranian regime and destroy whatever remained of its capabilities was necessary, despite abundant data to the contrary. After all, it was the bragging MF who declared last summer that Iran's weapons production was "completely and totally obliterated." Bomb Bomb convinced him otherwise, no doubt with the duo of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner nodding in feckless agreement, knowing they botched the negotiations largely from lack of understanding the technical part of Iran's position. But, the sales job worked, So, you know, winning!
h/t: gift article courtesy of HuffPost.
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