QUESTION: Do you think that Netanyahu has deliberately dragged Trump into his war? It has been his life’s mission to destroy Iran, whom he sees as the Amalek of 1 Samuel 15:2-3!
RB
ANSWER: I believe that the Neocons have cleverly created the FIRST war where we are NOT in charge. Netanyahu is a diehard Neocon, who hung out with Irving Kristol in Philadelphia, who was the godfather of the Neocon movement. To me, this is a serious RED FLAG!!!!!
In 2024, in his Knesset speech, Netanyahu said: “I’ve been warning about Iran for 30 years.” It was reported on March 3rd, during a visit to a site struck by an Iranian missile, Netanyahu stated: “We read in this week’s Torah portion, ‘Remember what Amalek did to you.’ We remember—and we act.”
In 1 Samuel 15:2-3, God gives King Saul a specific, direct order to carry out this command. The prophet Samuel relays the message: “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys. ‘”
The harshness of the command in 1 Samuel has disturbed Jewish scholars for centuries, leading to various interpretations that move beyond a literal call for genocide. If Netanyahu believes that genocide is the command of God, that is NOT in the self-interest of the United States. He knows you cannot accomplish regime change from the air. This is the very first time when we are in a partnership with another country who is really calling the shots here where the interests of Netanyahu are by no means the same national interest of the United States.
Killing the Ayatollah while in the midst of negotiation was revolting and it raises the clear precedent that you cannot now trust the United States to engage in negotiations in good faith. Like Merkel refusing to honor the Minsk Agreement, Europe has demonstrated they cannot be trusted to negotiation in good faith. Killing the Ayatollah on day one was a clear message that there is to be no peace with Iran. This is all about the total destruction of the Islamic Republic.
Trump has been implying the use of nuclear weapons. On FEBRUARY 28, 2026 POST-STRIKE, Trump said:
“We have capabilities Iran cannot imagine. If they retaliate, there will be nothing left.”
Here is my concern. Israel has nukes and already believes that they must utterly destroy the Islamic Republic. Looking at Netanyahu’s reference to Amalekites being the Persians, this passage calling for genocide right down to the elimination of even their cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys, I cannot feel comfortable that Netanyahu will not order a nuclear strike if the destruction of Israel is now a possibility.
We are by no means in charge of this war. Netanyahu would love nothing more than to see Trump commit American ground troops. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on March 8th refused to rule out ground troops or a military draft. The Neocons know Trump well. They know he does not like to lose so dragging him into this war was their brilliant strategy to ensure that he will see this until the end.
To the Shia Muslims, this is a battle against the devil. Netanyahu has ensured killing the Ayatollah has invoked their end times views just as he has done the same. This appears to be a religious war that does not look good. It does not appear to be over quickly either.