German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday that if the United States had consulted Berlin about the US-Israel war against Iran, “we would have advised against taking this course of action.”“We share with Israel and the United States the objective that Iran should no longer pose a threat in future,” Merz told parliament. For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“For years and decades, the Iranian regime has broken rule after rule, spread terror across the world and destabilized the neighborhood. This regime bears responsibility for the current crisis in the region,” he said.“At the same time, however, we have also made it clear that we still have many questions regarding this war,” Merz said, adding that the US and Israel had shown “no convincing plan as to how this operation could succeed.”Washington had “not consulted” Germany about the war, Merz noted.“We would have advised against taking this course of action as it has been pursued so