US acknowledges gaps with Israel on Iran war objectives

Source: Politico

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told lawmakers plainly Thursday that the United States and Israel have different goals in the war in Iran — one of the clearest indications yet from a top U.S. official that the two allies may be diverging on their approach to the weekslong war.

“The objectives that have been laid out by the president are different from the objectives that have been laid out by the Israelis,” Gabbard testified at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on top security threats facing the country.

Gabbard’s statements follow the departure of her top counterterrorism aide, Joe Kent, who publicly expressed opposition to the war in Iran and claimed that Israel pressured the U.S. into taking decisive action. He also claimed that Iran “posed no imminent threat” to the U.S. — a question that hung over Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe during back-to-back hearings featuring the nation’s top spy chiefs.

Ratcliffe on Thursday testified that Israel went into the war with Iran with more sweeping goals than the U.S.

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