• CurbCuts@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    “It was abundantly clear that if Iran came under attack by anyone – the United States or Israel or anyone – they were going to respond, and respond against the United States,” Rubio told reporters at the Capitol.

    “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action. We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t pre-emptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.”

    Or you could tell Israel that they are on their own if they start another fight.

    If this was a pre-emptive strike then so was Pear Harbour.

    • Heikki2@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      This explanation is so damn stupid. Our standard procedure for something like this would be to increase security at and around bases in the area. Any attacks on the bases could then be viewed by the world as provocation and NATO Article 5 could be invoked.

      The US attacking 1st to stop retaliation strikes against the US is again, a stupid reason, from the stupidest people that could have been elected