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Posted on 03/03/2026 1:51:37 PM PST by thegagline
***Marco Rubio insisted Tuesday that he was misunderstood one day prior when he said the US attacked Iran on Saturday because “we knew that there was going to be an Israeli action” that would “precipitate an attack against American forces.”
Rubio walked back his prior statements after President Trump flatly denied that Israel chose the timing of the attack — maintaining in an Oval Office pool spray hours earlier, as he had in interviews, that he chose to attack after unsuccessful US-Iran talks Thursday in Geneva.
“This was a question of timing, of why this had to happen as a joint operation, not the question of the intent,” Rubio sought to clarify Tuesday.
“The president made a decision that negotiations were not going to work, that they were playing us on the negotiations and that this was a threat that was untenable. The decision was made to strike them.”
Pressed by reporters on whether Israel set the timeframe, Rubio said, “This weekend presented a unique opportunity to take joint action against this threat.”
Asked again to clarify, he said, “The president had already made a decision to act.***
On Monday, Rubio said that the US struck on Saturday because Israel was going to do it anyways, putting US troops at risk.
“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 preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties and perhaps even higher those killed,” Rubio said Monday. “Obviously we were aware of Israeli intentions and understood what that would mean for us, and we had to be prepared to act as a result of it. But this had to happen no matter what.”
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He’s not walking it back. He’s setting your sorry asses straight as to what he actually said. Dumbasses.
Love your aipac fury line.
Rubio is positioning himself for plausible deniability when he runs for President in 2028 in case the “two-day war” is still going on.
Nope, he flubbed badly. Likely killed his chances.
Oof, neocons can’t get their story straight. Unclear why there are so many angry “winners” today on FR. Didn’t you get what you wanted?
the joooooos. always the joooooos, huh dunbnuts?
100%. The ayatollah fluffers are in a lather today
I stand with President Trump, he has earned that respect with blood, wears you have earned nothing.
It was a gotcha question to begin with. Why can’t the Trump haters just celebrate with the citizens of Iran, especially women, whose skin has felt the warmth of the sun and the soothing breeze for the first time in almost 50 years?
I have no doubt that once Trump had all his ducks in a row, all his forces ready to go, he told Netanyahu “ready when you are”.
“He’s not walking it back. He’s setting your sorry asses straight as to what he actually said. Dumbasses.”
Yes. You could gather from what he said that the timing of Israel’s attack which was a rare opportunity to nail all those leaders at the same time was part of our decision to join them and take out warships and missile capabilities at the same time while the taking was good.
That’s not the same as saying Israel made us do it. Rubio also made it clear more waiting would just make Iran more dangerous to attack later. As well as difficult if not impossible to stop their nuclear advances later.
Libs are gonna make hay about this at every opportunity. We’ve just got to stay focused on facts.
Hey - we can’t tip our hand. They’ll use it against us!
Because they are obsessed with the destruction of the New Jersey sized country with its 9M inhabitants. And any leftist, groyper, or jihadist makes a handy ally in this endeavor.
NeverTrumpers have to NeverTrump every chance they get. They are afraid the war will go well and they will be left in the cold once again.
Thank God for Israel.
Meanwhile that regime would kill the libs given any chance they could.
“ I have no doubt that once Trump had all his ducks in a row, all his forces ready to go, he told Netanyahu “ready when you are”.
👍
It’s really just that simple.
Trump 🇺🇸🤟
Genesis 12:1-3
King James Version
12 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
I feel like "neocon" is one of those things that gets repeated until it doesn't mean anything anymore. What are you even talking about?
The administration failed to take the advice of posters on here—and deny he said it at all.
Lol.
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