Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has succeeded where countless previous Israeli leaders have failed: persuading the United States to join Israel in launching open-ended strikes against its regional nemesis, Iran.So far, those attacks have killed more than 1,400 people in Iran, while 1,000 have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, as well as dozens of others in regional countries hit by the overspill that many had predicted.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listOil prices, a critical factor for the world economy, have been pushed to new highs, drawing the prospect of shortages and potential rationing even closer.In the US, Democrat lawmakers, as well as some prominent members of President Donald Trump’s usually loyal support base, such as media personality Tucker Carlson and leading podcast host Joe Rogan, have broken into open revolt, with no clear agreement on what a potential resolution to the war might look like, or how the diplomatic rift it has opened between the US and its European and Western allies might be healed.But little of that might matter for Netanyahu, compared with the gains he will feel he has already achieved from the conflict. Here’s a look at how the Iran war may solve some of the problems Netanyahu has faced for years.The Iranian threatNetanyahu has long warned about the threat from Iran to Israel, and the wider world, for years. He has infamously taken posters with him to the United Nations to claim that Iran was close to a nuclear weapon, and the dangers that would lead to. Advertiseme …
