Israel completely depends on USA. USA are the ones with all the power in that particular relationship. There is no way for Israel to force USA. USA has a lot of ways to force Israel.
USA can be convinced to do something by Israel, but not forced.
both secretary of state and the majority leader in congress have gone to the press giving a story of Israel forcing the US into it.
maybe theyre lying; both were very nervous while telling the tale
Here is my argument:
Prior political choices prevent the US from saying to Iran "Sorry that Israel attacked you, that's unfair, please don't attack our base, we won't fund Israel military anymore, and we remove the embargo".
Hence, since during the previous ceasefire, Iran told the US "If Israel break the ceasefire again, we will attack your ME bases", US was "forced" into preventive strikes against Iran military installations, and into an offensive war, without any preparation.
I'm not a huge fan of this US admin _at all_, but in this very case, the amateurism isn't caused by the childishness and the whininess (is that a word? i mean constant whining and victimization) of the US admin and their overall lack of skills, but by the fact they were forced into it without preparations.
Is that argument more clear? I feel you talked past my argument which is probably my fault since i have trouble expressing myself without thinking for hours beforehand