Marco Rubio’s early attempt to blame Israel for the Iran war isn’t just self-serving — it’s dangerous

Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a stunning claim Tuesday afternoon about the U.S. war with Iran — it’s Israel’s fault. According to Rubio, “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action, we knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.” In making these comments, Rubio not only threw a key ally under the bus, but he unintentionally or not leaned into a millennia-old antisemitic trope that Jews operate, insidiously, behind the scenes in

Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a stunning claim Tuesday afternoon about the U.S. war with Iran — it’s Israel’s fault. According to Rubio, “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action, we knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.” In making these comments, Rubio not only threw a key ally under the bus, but he unintentionally or not leaned into a millennia-old antisemitic trope that Jews operate, insidiously, behind the scenes in