Link: https://theintercept.com/2026/03/03/rubio-trump-iran-israel-war/

Secretary of State Marco Rubio admitted that the U.S. was forced into the war with Iran by Israel while speaking with reporters on Monday. He explained that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had effectively boxed in the Trump administration, taking the decision out of American hands.

“We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action,” Rubio explained. “We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t pre-emptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.”

It’s a long, sordid story. And to blame Israel is overly-reductive. It’s trans-national oligarchs. https://americanexception.com/book/

Oh no this is so surprising and has never happened before

It's trans-national oligarchs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnational_capitalist_class

In February 2026, the partial release of the Epstein files by the United States Department of Justice drew significant attention across Western politics and media. The files demonstrated how "a heinous criminal [could be] given a free ride by the ruling class in which he dwelled, all because he had things to offer them: money, connections, sumptuous dinner parties, a private plane, a secluded island and, in some cases, sex." A panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said the files "suggested the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity."

• https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-international-studies/article/oligarchic-sovereignty-technology-and-the-future-of-global-order/1E8CA6E567E56FB8CE93FC835A6ED60D
• https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/07/patterns-elites-who-conceal-their-assets-offshore
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9998034/
• https://www.oxfam.org/en/research/multilaterialism-era-global-oligarchy
• https://contra.schar.gmu.edu/the-oligarchs-grip-wealth-power-and-the-future-of-democracy/