IRAN WAR: How Israel HIJACKED Trump and Lost the Middle East
In this interview, Professor Andreas Krieg of King’s College’s School of Security Studies, lays out a direct argument about how U.S. influence in the Middle East has eroded, how Israel misread the moment, and how the Gulf states stepped into the gap with a strategy that fits the way Washington works now. They’re tied to money, access, and the way American foreign policy is shaped by whoever can pay for it or align with the interests of the people in power.
“American policy has been up for sale and the Israelis understood this.” He’s talking about the way lobbying networks, political…
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