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- The US is using supposed "negotiations" it has no interest in actually succeeding as a pretext for a pre-determined war of aggression it has already decided to launch against Iran;

- The US is now openly admitting it will use Israel to provoke a wider war it hopes will cost American service members' lives and justify a large-scale US war against Iran;

- The US seeks war with Iran to degrade its military, political, and economic system, and eventually collapse the government entirely, all as part of further isolating, encircling, and containing both Russia and ultimately China;

- A destructive war in the Middle East could serve as a means to begin a more constricting campaign of economic sanctions and an energy embargo on China itself which the US is also in the process of preparing for and even implementing already;

- Should the US feel desperate in terms of toppling Iran, it may seek to use nuclear weapons by having its Israeli proxies carry out the attacks, absorb all the blame and retaliation, as long-standing US policy papers have noted in regards to US-backed conventional Israeli strikes;

References:

Politico - White House officials believe ‘the politics are a lot better’ if Israel strikes Iran first (Feb. 25, 2026):
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/25/white-house-politics-israel-strikes-iran-00799456
Brookings Institution - Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran (2009):
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_iran_strategy.pdf
The Hill - Vance to Iran: Talks show US pursuing diplomatic deal; Trump has right to use military option if he chooses (Feb. 25, 2026):
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5754746-vance-us-seeks-iran-diplomacy/
Newsweek - JD Vance Tells Tim Dillon US Needs Weapons To Fight China, Not Russia (Oct. 28, 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-tim-dillon-taiwan-priority-over-ukraine-1975851
Newsweek - JD Vance Floats Donald Trump Deal To End War in Ukraine (Sep. 13, 2024):
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-floats-donald-trump-deal-end-russia-ukraine-war-1953302
RAND Corporation - Extending Russia (2019):
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf
RAND - Dangerous But Not Omnipotent (2009):
https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG781.html
US State Dept. - U.S. Relations With Taiwan (2022):
https://2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-taiwan/


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