Alleged Iran Role in Israel Attack Echoes Bogus Iraq WMD Claims

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "Iran is a longtime sponsor of Hamas, and there's no question that the country provides critical logistical support to the militant group.
42% : "Iran has issued fiery statements celebrating the attack, feeding into the theory that they directed it.
41% : "A similar situation is Iran's relationship with the Houthis in Yemen, who have benefitted from Iranian material support but seized the Yemeni capital of Sana against the advice of Iran.
38% : "My sense is that nuance on this issue is critical," Marc Polymeropoulos, a former senior CIA officer who worked in the region, said on X. "The difference between 'directing' the attack and giving the actual green light (as stated here) vs 'coordinating' may be [the] difference between war with Iran or not."
36% : "I can't imagine Iran would jeopardize the talks with the U.S.
32% : Though the Biden administration can be said to have a political stake in avoiding conflict with Iran ahead of an election year, two senior Pentagon officials also told The Intercept that efforts to determine Iranian direction are intensive and ongoing but that no proof has emerged.
26% : One word was conspicuously absent from President Joe Biden's speech on Tuesday about Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel: Iran.
18% : Despite the growing evidence to the contrary, Iran hawks like John Bolton have seized on the narrative that Iran directed Hamas's attack, advancing the claim in a CNN interview on Thursday.
16% : On Sunday, an explosive Wall Street Journal article accused Iran of having helped Hamas plot the deadliest attack on Israel in 50 years, a claim that seemed engineered to draw the U.S. into war with Iran.

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