A dangerous lie has taken hold in Washington: that Israel somehow pressured the United Statesinto war with Iran. It’s wrong. And both Presid
by Mark Dubowitz
The claim that Israel pressured the president of the United States into war is not just factually hollow — it veers dangerously close to the antisemitic fringe narratives about shadowy, unaccountable Jewish power that serious Republicans rightly reject.
The war in Iran is a national security imperative for both the US and Israel.
But here’s the bigger point that keeps getting buried. Iran’s missiles and nuclear program and terror are America’s problem. Those missiles don’t just threaten Israel. They are being fired right now at US forces, American bases, our embassies and our Gulf Arab allies. Iran is actively developing intercontinental ballistic missiles that could one day reach the American homeland.
This is the same regime that declared war on the United States in 1979 — that has killed and maimed thousands of Americans from Beirut to Baghdad to Kabul, taken Americans hostage and armed the terrorist proxies that have American blood on their hands for decades.
Dismantling that regime’s nuclear, missile, and terror infrastructure is not a favor to Israel. It is core American national security.
Now here’s what Americans should actually understand about the 12-Day War that took place against the regime in Iran in June 2025.
Israel didn’t ask American pilots to do the heavy lifting. For the first 11 days, Israeli aircraft flew deep into Iranian territory — more than a thousand miles from home — dismantling Iran’s air defenses and striking key military targets. No American fighter jets alongside them. No boots on the ground. No American pilots risking their lives over Iranian skies. Israel did that work itself.
Only once Iran’s defenses were shattered did President Trump act. On day 11, American B-2 bombers struck Fordow — the deeply buried nuclear facility that had long kept American planners up at night. The result was a devastating blow to Iran’s nuclear program.
