Israel’s war? Trump faces narrative battle shaping American support against Iran

 https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-888997

In headlines around the world, Rubio’s remarks quickly became this: Israel “dragged” the US into war.

That is a particularly damaging optic – both for Washington and for Jerusalem. It feeds directly into a narrative long advanced by voices on both the far Left and the far Right: the idea that the US is repeatedly being pulled into wars that primarily serve Israeli (read: Jewish) interests.

The “tail wagging the dog” trope is not new. But moments like this give it fresh oxygen.

That battle over perception – over whether this is Washington’s war or Netanyahu’s – may shape the level of support the war receives in the US.

Leading the charge on the far Right was, predictably, Tucker Carlson. On his podcast, he framed the question this way: how did “this tiny country” persuade the world’s greatest superpower – “the greatest military in history” – to do something that would hurt its own interests?