{"id":323262,"date":"2026-03-05T03:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T03:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/does-the-white-house-know-why-it-went-to-war-with-iran-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T03:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T03:00:27","slug":"does-the-white-house-know-why-it-went-to-war-with-iran-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/does-the-white-house-know-why-it-went-to-war-with-iran-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the White House know why it went to war with Iran? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Yf7YkT4s1Zg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Does the White House know why it went to war with Iran? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yf7YkT4s1Zg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>With this war in its fifth day, and with US and Israeli fighter jets dominating the skies, and with almost no Iranian air defense capabilities, the Trump administration has kept up its barrage of often-contradictory reasons for starting this conflict in conjunction with Israel. Here&#8217;s a flavor of what the administration has said since the president announced the first attacks on Saturday morning. <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n0:00 The White House&#8217;s contradictory Iran claims<br \/>\n1:18 Hussein Banai, US-Iran specialist, Indiana University<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<br \/>\n#defence #israel #fighterjets #dwnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With this war in its fifth day, and with US and Israeli fighter jets dominating the skies, and with almost no Iranian air defense capabilities, the Trump administration has kept up its barrage of often-contradictory reasons for starting this conflict in conjunction with Israel. 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