The Japan TimesThe final decision to go to war appeared to be sudden only because the U.S., Israel and Gulf countries' strategic trajectories had been converging for nearly a decade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/03/09/world/a-long-road-to-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #israel #iran #middleeast
Ramesh #NotGoingBackVery good explanation of why the #IranWar is NOT about #TrumpEpstein Files. Even though the #Epstein case might have had a role to play, the trajectory for war was actually set as early as #Trump's first term with his scrapping of the #JCPOA, and possibly even earlier.
>> The final decision to go to war [in #Iran] appeared to be sudden only because the #US, #Israel and #Gulf countries' strategic trajectories had been converging for nearly a decade.