Here’s the process as I understand it (please correct my errors):
- USA likes Israel, a lot for some reason
- “Israel” attacks Iran. This whole thing is being done with the USA’s airplanes though.
- Why does the USA love Israel so much?
- What’s the logic here? Not just the conspiracy. But why now? Why at all? Is Israel gaining something that I’m not seeing? Destabilization the main goal? What’s the USA gaining here?
This is a great question and one that is worth diving into a bit, but not necessarily by me. There are a plethora of answers here with some insightful and some less so backgrounds. I suggest that you dig into some outside sources and potentially you can work through the complexity of the answer, as history often is.
I’m sure others have some great references as well, but given this crowd I’d suggest some youtube videos. I also suggest some recently written long form articles in foreign affairs which is always good for understanding context, as well as a few books.
RealLifeLore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8kSGH4I8Ps
Related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oytfhLUy0Fg
Also Foreign Affairs has some good long form pieces: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/why-iran-will-escalate https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/trump-iran-gamble-vaez https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/what-it-will-take-change-regime-iran https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/americas-best-chance-transform-iran-trump
Book wise I recommend:
Worlds Apart: A Documentary History of US-Iranian Relations, 1978–2018 by Malcolm Byrne and Kian Byrne
Axis of Empire: A History of Iran-US Relations by Afshin Matin-Asgari
Iran’s Perilous Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons by David Albright