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<\/p>\nOn March 10, local time, a piece of news shook the Middle East: the Trump administration had asked Israel to stop further air strikes against Iran\u2018s energy facilities, especially its oil infrastructure.
\nThis is the first time since the United States launched a joint military operation against Iran on February 28 that the United States has exercised such obvious restraint on the so-called \u201csmall Middle East tyrant\u201d. To put it bluntly, it was Trump himself who went down to \u201cline the red line\u201d for Israel.
\nWhy did America suddenly change its face? The answer lies in the word \u201cDoomsday\u201d.
\nInformed sources revealed that the Trump administration has characterized hitting Iran\u2018s oil facilities as a \u201cDoomsday Option,\u201d implying that only if Iran strikes the Gulf country\u2019s energy facilities first will Trump consider using bombing to \u201cretaliate.\u201d This is a 180-degree turn compared to the U.S.-Israeli alliance\u2018s large-scale air strike against Iran on February 28.
\nWhat exactly happened to cause this pair of allies with \u201cspecial relationships\u201d to suddenly \u201centertain internal strife\u201d?
\nA \u201cSurpassing Expectations\u201d Air Attack, Burning American-Israeli Cracks
\nRewinding time to March 7, local time, the Israeli Air Force launched a massive air raid on Iranian oil facilities in Tehran and the surrounding area.
\nThis time, it was no small matter. A total of about 30 fuel storage facilities were affected, leading to multiple fires and even causing rare \u201cblack rain\u201d environmental pollution.<\/p>\n
At the time, Washington was silent.
\nBut privately, the mood of U.S. officials can only be described as \u201cshocked.\u201d One U.S. official even disclosed to the media that after seeing the scale of the Israeli military\u2018s strike, the U.S.\u2018s first reaction was \u201cWTF (what the hell).\u201d
\nWhy so excited? Because Israel was too ruthless this time, \u201cfar beyond U.S. expectations.\u201d Originally thought it was just a symbolic blow, but Benjamin Netanyahu was serious, heading straight for Iran\u2018s energy lifeline.
\nThe next day, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright eagerly jumped out to \u201cclear the relationship.\u201d He publicly stated on March 8: \u201cNo, we don\u2018t intend to attack any of Iran\u2019s energy industries. This is all done by Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Interestingly, Senator Lindsay Graham, one of the most outspoken supporters of the war within the Republican Party, also criticized Israel\u2018s attacks on the fuel depot.
\n\u201cPlease choose your targets carefully. Our goal is to liberate the Iranian people without harming the opening of new life opportunities after the collapse of the current regime. Iran\u2018s oil economy is crucial to achieving this goal,\u201d Graham wrote on Platform X.<\/p>\n
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In an interview on the morning of March 10, local time, Defense Secretary Peter Hegeses tried to disassociate the U.S. government from the Israeli fuel depot attacks, telling reporters that the United States had not attacked such targets.
\n\u2014 More and more people realize that Israel\u2018s aggressive actions are dragging the United States into an unending crisis.
\nTrump\u2018s \u201ceconomics\u201d: Oil is more expensive than blood
\nWhy is America so sensitive about burning Iranian oil? Is it sympathy for the Iranian people? Don\u2018t be naive, it\u2019s just that Trump can\u2019t handle any major changes that happen before the midterm elections.
\nOne of Trump\u2018s advisors revealed to the media the real reason for the king\u2019s \u201cheartbreak\u201d: \u201cThe president doesn\u2018t like this attack. He wants to protect the oil, not burn it. And it will remind people of higher gasoline prices.\u201d
\nFor Trump, who has been boasting about the stability of oil prices during his tenure, the image of burning oil tanks is simply political poison.
\nAfter the attacks, international oil prices were instantly stimulated, with Brent Crude Crude at one point breaking $110 per barrel, reaching the highest level since 2022.
\nAnd this has already caused complaints throughout the world. If oil prices really soar to $200 per barrel, domestic inflation in the United States will directly go out of control, the Fed\u2018s interest rate reduction expectations will be impossible to achieve, and the Trump administration\u2018s midterm election prospects will directly be played out.
\n\u201cWar-time differences\u201d come to the surface: Israel wants to \u201cremove the roots,\u201d the United States wants to \u201cquickly win\u201d
\nThe incident was described by the media as \u201cthe first major disagreement between the two sides since the U.S.-Israeli joint air raid on Iran on February 28th.\u201d
\nWhere were the differences? The strategic goals were completely different.
\nFor Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, this was a historic window of opportunity. Iran\u2018s supreme leader, Khamenei, had been killed in the first round of attacks, leaving the leadership in a short-term vacuum, and the missile reserves and air defense capabilities of the Revolutionary Guard were severely damaged. Benjamin Netanyahu\u2018s government believed that, now that it had taken action, it must pursue relentlessly, destroying Iran\u2018s combat capabilities, energy supply capabilities, and economic resilience as much as possible.
\nTrump\u2019s strategy was to end the war \u201cquickly.\u201d In an interview on March 8, he hinted that he would end the war \u201cat the right time.\u201d He even posted on March 5 that Iran must \u201cUnconditional surrender,\u201d but only three days later he began talking about ending the war. This oscillation precisely reflected his inner conflict: both wanting to show a strong stance toward Iran and unwilling to be dragged into a protracted, oil-pricing, and expensive war.
\nTo put it bluntly: Israel is thinking about survival, and wants to completely cripple Iran, this \u201cdead enemy\u201d; the United States is thinking about business, both to weaken Iran and to control the field, not allowing oil prices and war costs to backfire on their own economy.
\nThe American era of \u201ccentrifaction\u201d has arrived?
\nToday, the White House, the Israeli Embassy in Washington, and the Israel Defense Forces have all declined to comment on the United States\u2018 \u201cestablishment of rules,\u201d but this silence illustrates just how serious the differences between the two sides are.<\/p>\n
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Will Israel listen to U.S. \u201cdirections\u201d and stop air attacks on Iranian energy facilities? Will the cracks in the U.S.-Israeli alliance expand further? There are no clear answers to these questions. But what is certain is that this war jointly started by the U.S.-Israeli has deviated from both sides\u2018 initial expectations and is developing in an uncontrollable direction.
\nThe U.S.\u2018s global strategic priorities do not always overlap with Israel\u2018s survival and security priorities.
\nUltimately, the alliance between the United States and Israel has always been a \u201cplastic friendship\u201d based on interests. The core of the United States is to maintain its own hegemony and economic interests, while the core of Israel is to ensure its so-called \u201cself security\u201d and weaken its opponents. When the interests of the two conflict, the so-called \u201calliance\u201d is vulnerable.
\nAnd the biggest victims of this war will always be innocent civilians\u2014the Iranian people who lost their homes and suffered from illness, the Lebanese people who were displaced and suffered from the turmoil of the war, and even the ordinary citizens of the United States and Israel, who are also paying the price for this war.
\nThe U.S. this time expressed its desire to \u201cset rules\u201d for Israel, ostensibly to restrain Israel\u2018s military actions, but in reality, the Trump administration was forced to step on the brakes by domestic economic and political pressure.<\/p>\n
Israel set the fire, but the United States has to pay for it-a logic that the businessman-born Trump clearly doesn\u2018t accept.
\nAfter all, under the flag of \u201cAmerica First,\u201d even the strongest allies cannot touch the \u201cOil Cheese\u201d of America\u2018s boss.
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