The most famous quote about war has it that the first casualty of war is the truth, but for Muslims and other people of faith in the Middle East, the most important casualty of Operation Epic Fury may be the last wisp of America’s moral standing. What led Washington to this unprovoked war with negotiations underway?
The only answer that anyone here in the Middle East can come up with is that Israel, which actually launched the main attack, pulled the U.S. administration into war. Israel and its supporters in Congress, bolstered by the powerful pro-Israel AIPAC lobbying group, were also behind President Donald Trump’s tearing up the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 — the five permanent U.N. Security Council members, plus Germany — known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
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