"the US" is stretching it hard when it comes to the Iran war. In the US government under Trump, there are a lot of different interests...

- you got Kushner and his ilk who basically wants to flatten Gaza to turn it into a real estate hotspot to make untold amounts of money

- you got the Evangelical nutcases who legitimately believe that this mess is a holy war and will bring back Jesus [1]

- you got your usual old-school falcons, MIC lobbyists etc. that stand to make a lot of money and/or want this war to happen for ideological reasons

- you got a ton of isolationists who want "an end to the US wars that cost taypayer money"

- you gotTrump himself who openly admires strongmen and (wannabe) dictators, and I think it's fair to classify Netanyahu as both.

And that is a loooot of different to incompatible interests to balance against each other.

[1] https://theconversation.com/evangelical-holy-war-why-some-ch...