John Mearsheimer Predicted the Iran/Israel/US Situation Nine Months Before It Happened

and Iran is the really dangerous flash point because as you know the Russians are now closely allied with the Iranians the Chinese are moving in that direction as well and if Israel gets involved in a war with Iran we're going to come in in all likelihood so this gets at the escalation problem now to counter the Iranian escalation scenario the fact is Iran does not want a war with the United States and the United States does not want a war with Iran and it's the Israelis especially Benjamin Netanyahu who has been trying to sort of suck us into a war because he wants us the United States to really whack Iran

weaken it militarily and especially to go after its nuclear capabilities because as you well know they are close to the point where they can develop nuclear weapons so the Israelis are the ones who want us to get involved in a big war with Iran that's the escalation flash point and the $64,000 question is whether you think the United States and Iran kind of colluding can work together to prevent the Israelis from getting us sucked in that question will be answered based on who leads the next administration well if you believe that it matters who leads the next administration that's