Another War for Israel?
On 12 February 2026, I appeared on “Judging Freedom” to talk about the meeting between PM Netanyahu and President Trump at the White House the day before (11 February). Relatedly, we spoke about Israel’s various demands and the utility of employing military force to achieve them.
I emphasized that Trump appears to be looking to negotiate a deal with Iran so that he can avoid using military force. The Israelis do not want any negations with Iran, but if negotiations have to take place, they want them to end up: 1) eliminating Iran’s nuclear enrichment capability, 2) eliminating any Iranian ballistic missiles that can strike Israel, 3) eliminating Iran’s support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.
Iran, however, simply refuses to negotiate about any of those demands, and will only discuss putting limits on its nuclear enrichment capability, similar to what happened with the JCPOA in the 2015 deal. This is anathema to Netanyahu and other hawkish Israelis.
It seems that Trump recognizes that he has no way of using military force to pressure Iran into accepting Israel’s demands or toppling the regime to get a government that will accept those demands. Thus, he has effectively been forced to negotiate with Iran over limiting its nuclear enrichment capabilities, which infuriates Netanyahu. Unsurprisingly, it was clear after the meeting that it went badly for Israel.
Of course, what will happen now is that the Israel firsters here in the US will go to work to pressure Trump to launch an attack against Iran, even though it is not in the American national interest. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
That’s what happens when all of our elections are rigged by Jews. They put in pedophiles then videotape them with little boys or girls(that they supply)Then threaten to release the videos to the mass media(that they own) if they don’t attack whoever Israel wants. Poor Trump. I don’t like the guy but I believe he does not want war. He is being pressured by Netanyahu who has videos of Trump. Every day 8 times a day he calls Trump threatening him to invade Iran or else.
Trumps generals are keeping him from doing so.
The ultimate rogue state becomes even more rogue, if that were even possible.
The genocidal, apocalyptic death cult that is Zionist Israel proves the truth of the liberal rules-based order better than most anything else.
For you: All rules always apply and none can ever be broken.
For us: No rules ever apply and all can always be broken.
And Professor Mearsheimer is one of the ultimate champions of reason, pragmatism and compassion fighting back against its madness and horror.