- Far from a series of diplomatic blunders, the escalating tensions in the Middle East are part of a long-standing US policy of baiting Iran into open war in pursuit of containment and regime change;

- As the US has used conflict to reassert itself over Europe, it is seeking to engulf the Middle East in conflict to once again reassert itself there;

- While the US attempts to create plausible deniability regarding repeated Israel provocations, it is the US ultimately enabling Israeli aggression;

- Claims that Washington seeks to avoid escalation contradict US attempts to block accountability for Israel in the UN Security Council;

- Iran has clearly walked into a trap, what remains to be seen is if it was fully prepared to do so, or if it has gravely miscalculated;

References:

Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy Toward Iran (PDF, 2009):

https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf

Brookings Institution - Contributors List (2020):

https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Brookings-Institutions-Contributors-List-Fiscal-Year-2020.pdf

Washington Post - U.S. approved more bombs to Israel on day of World Central Kitchen strikes (April 4, 2024):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/04/world-central-kitchen-us-weapons-israel/

Newsweek - White House 'Very Concerned' About Prospect of Israel-Iran War (April 4, 2024):

https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-very-concerned-about-prospect-israel-iran-war-1887151

Guardian - No evidence yet of Iran link to Hamas attack, says Israeli military (October 9, 2023):

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/09/no-evidence-yet-of-iran-link-to-hamas-attack-says-israeli-military