Ryan Grim on Netanyahu Iran war timing

by Not A Charm: Ryan Grim

Grim's hunch on the timing is the part worth sitting with: Trump keeps naming the US midterms as the line for renewed military action, and yet the more often that promise gets repeated, the more Grim wonders if it actually lands before the election rather than after. That ties into his bigger read on Netanyahu, whose political future he calls uncertain. Another round with Iran might be the clearest path he has to staying in power. Why: a war would throw a wrench into any attempt by Israel's opposition to put together a government alongside Palestinian parties, and the fallout could park Netanyahu in a caretaker seat with more time on the clock. Grim's an investigative journalist and the founder of Drop Site News #RyanGrim