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Posted on 03/02/2026 6:09:48 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Israel’s determination to attack Iran and the certainty that US troops would be targeted in response forced the Trump administration to take pre-emptive strikes, the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said, in a new explanation for Washington’s surprise entry into the conflict.
The rationale drew divided reviews from top members of Congress who on Monday evening received the first briefing by the Trump administration since it ordered the air campaign to begin over the weekend.
Rubio; the CIA director, John Ratcliffe; and joint chiefs of staff, chair Dan Caine; spoke to the lawmakers behind closed doors in the Capitol ahead of a vote expected later this week in the House of Representatives on a war powers resolution that presents an unlikely opportunity to force Trump to end hostilities against Iran.
“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.”
Since the conflict began, the United States and Israel have carried out waves of airstrikes across Iran, and Tehran has retaliated with drone and missile attacks against US-aligned countries across the Middle East.
The air campaign has killed several of Iran’s top military and political leaders, including the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The US military has acknowledged the deaths of six service members, while the Iranian Red Crescent Society said more than 500 people have been killed in the country.
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Without it, Eastern Iran is far too risky to target.
I figure the attack was timed based on getting the leadership when they are all clumped together. They waited until that happened. They got 49 of them.
“””Rubio; the CIA director, John Ratcliffe; and joint chiefs of staff, chair Dan Caine; spoke to the lawmakers behind closed doors in the Capitol”””
Remember this comes from the leftist Guardian.
Thus, I would question the second hand reporting of what Rubio might have said.
Let’s see...we were in Afghanistan for like 10 years...and war was never declared. Tell Congress to stuff it.
Yes, Speaker Johnson confirmed the same. Bibi made the call, and the U.S. followed.
Wow, I didn’t know we had our very own Middle East tactical expert.
Yes, Speaker Johnson confirmed the same. Bibi made the call, and the U.S. followed.
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I support the air attacks on Iran, but letting Bibi call the shots in the Middle East is beyond ridiculous. A Great Power Nation like the United States shouldn’t be led around by anybody.
This diplomatic position with Israel must change in the future.
I don’t think Ike would have allowed Iran to acquire nuclear weapons.
It must be embarrassing for all these alleged MAGA folks to be cheerleading for Operation AIPAC Fury now.
Israel’s war and what it means. pic.twitter.com/P9D7UGq40W— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) March 2, 2026
So he's flat out telling us that we're in a war with Iran because Israel forced our hand. This is basically the worst possible thing he could have said. https://t.co/68cs255Zoj— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) March 2, 2026
It must be embarrassing for all these alleged MAGA folks to be cheerleading for Operation AIPAC Fury now.
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Bibi has wanted this war for quite some time, MAGA will just have to wait their turn.
Maybe by 2032 they’ll get something from a President focused on domestic affairs.
You fall for every piece of propaganda. About the only person that didn’t want nuclear weapons in Iran was Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and they murdered him. Now they will get them.
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