It is to benefit Israel (so it can anex more territory in Lebanon), and it has no benefit to the US. The US had already a deal with Iran, which didn't threat its own interests directly. It is like leave a snake alone, but once you step into it, it will bite you.

This war is only to benefit Israel, and right now indirectly Russia (due to the rising prices). Basically, the US is the main loser/sucker in this war, and we are all poorer for doing it.

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Synaesthesia 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Israel is an arm of the US empire. It's a very useful ally of the US in the region. And when I talk about the US here I mean ruling elites.

The US is doing just fine from this war. The US is an oil and gas producer, the largest in the world. So they benefit from rising prices.

I'd say the biggest losers are countries like Europe, and neutral oil importing countries around the world.

	▲	decimalenough 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The oil and gas producers benefit from higher prices, in the same way that glaziers benefit from broken windows. Everybody else loses though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window