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The problem is the old trope that Jews control everything in the world. When you see things like "Israel led the usa into this" or "Kushner and bibi influenced trump" or "Israel's war" or the dozens of other arguments here that, at the very least, walk right up to the line of what would be considered traditional antisemitism. Except the word jew is replaced with Israel, as if thats some magic bullet that absolves one.
mikejones, while I agree mostly with this statement, I do think it's possible to separate the policy of the Stste of Israel from the population. Much of that old trope is from a time before there was an official Jewish state. Now that they have an internationally recognized state, they are open to criticism much like any other nation.
In this case, I think the initial mixed messaging from the US about why striking Iran was necessary is what caused both sides to declare antisemitism (pro or angainst) and use that word to their advantage.
The US seems to have settled on the message of no nukes for Iran but backed into that message based on actions that Israel was going to make unilaterally, regardless of US action. I think Trump saw this as an opportunity to move on Iran as well and would not have done that of his own accord. I say that, because we didn't move first, which is odd since Iran and its proxies have terrorized American assets and Americans around the globe for nearly fifty years.
