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How Iran’s Toxic Rain Reveals US-Israel Discord
How Iran’s Toxic Rain Reveals US-Israel Discord
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The main Israeli goal is to cause as much chaos as possible and draw the US even deeper into the war, security expert Dr Simon Tsipis tells Sputnik.
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US Energy Secretary Chris Wright accused Israel of bombing Iranian fuel depots, insisting the US targets no energy facilities. Axios reports that the US was informed ahead of the Israeli attacks, but the huge scale of damage shocked Washington. The attack caused an environmental disaster with black acid rain in Tehran.This situation reveals a divide between the allies, Tsipis said: The US is taking most of the blame with Israel’s role forgotten, the pundit says. “This creates enormous reputational risks for the US, turning it into a hostage of someone else’s strategy,” Tsipis says, “one that brings no benefit to the White House while forcing it to bear all the costs of supporting the conflict.” Consequences:
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How Iran’s Toxic Rain Reveals US-Israel Discord
19:01 GMT 09.03.2026 (Updated: 19:02 GMT 09.03.2026) The main Israeli goal is to cause as much chaos as possible and draw the US even deeper into the war, security expert Dr Simon Tsipis tells Sputnik.
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright accused Israel of bombing
Iranian fuel depots, insisting the US targets no energy facilities.
Axios reports that the US was informed ahead of the Israeli attacks, but the huge scale of damage shocked Washington. The attack caused an environmental disaster with black acid rain in Tehran.
This situation reveals a divide between the allies, Tsipis said:
Israeli forces behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu want to trigger a full-scale war in the Persian Gulf
The US realizes it has been drawn into a project that has nothing to do with its own goals
"Israel has effectively set a trap for its long-time allies among American Christian evangelicals," Tsipis says. “A strong opposition is growing within the US, openly declaring that the current course does not serve the nation’s interests.”
The US is taking most of the blame with Israel’s role forgotten, the pundit says.
“This creates enormous reputational risks for the US, turning it into a hostage of someone else’s strategy,” Tsipis says, “one that brings no benefit to the White House while forcing it to bear all the costs of supporting the conflict.”
A regional conflict escalates into a global threat
The US is caught in a strategic trap
US allies in Europe are caught in
a deepening crisis A rift is growing inside the US
The reputational damage will have long-term consequences for US influence in the world
