By Mike Adams - March 3, 2026

A Predictable Disaster Unfolds

In the early hours of February 28, 2026, President Donald Trump announced the United States, in concert with Israel, had launched ‘major combat operations’ against Iran. Dubbed Operation Epic Fury, this offensive was ostensibly aimed at regime change and the destruction of Iran’s nuclear program. [1] Yet, for observers who understand the deeper geopolitical currents, this conflict is not a necessary war of self-defense, but a premeditated strategic catastrophe. President Trump, by uncritically following the lead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has fallen into a trap that promises to politically destroy him and eviscerate the Republican Party.

The narrative that this war was a response to an imminent threat is a fiction. An Israeli defense official revealed to Reuters that the war ‘had been planned for months, and the launch date decided weeks ago,’ even as the U.S. and Iran were engaged in nuclear talks. [2] This was a war of choice, not necessity. The decision plunges America into a prolonged, unwinnable conflict with a nation that has spent decades preparing for exactly this scenario. The first American casualties — three service members killed and five wounded — have already ignited domestic fury over a ‘war for Israel,’ shattering Trump’s ‘peace president’ persona and exposing the grim reality of his fatal miscalculation. [3]

The Pawn and the Puppet Master: Trump’s Fatal Trust in Netanyahu

Donald Trump’s role in this catastrophe was that of Netanyahu’s ‘useful idiot,’ a disposable pawn executing a pre-planned Zionist agenda. As detailed in a NaturalNews.com article, ‘Netanyahu, the ultra-Zionists and Death Cult didn’t want a peaceful agreement between the West and Iran because it’s on their list for regime change.’ [4] The same article notes Netanyahu was caught on video boasting he had ‘convinced Trump to withdraw from the nuclear agreement with Iran,’ a move that threw relations into turmoil and set the stage for this confrontation. [5] Trump’s admission in November 2025 that he was ‘very much in charge’ of Israel’s earlier strikes on Iran only solidified this partnership and fueled Tehran’s legal case against the U.S. [6]

This dynamic reveals . . .

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