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David__77

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Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:58 PM Monday

Lawmakers: Israeli plan to attack Iran dictated Trump's decision on strikes [View all]

Senior lawmakers in both parties said Monday that the Trump administration’s decision to launch bombing and missile strikes across Iran this weekend was largely dictated by Israel’s plan to attack Iran with or without U.S. support.

Senior administration officials told Republican and Democratic lawmakers at a classified briefing on Capitol Hill that the Israeli plan to strike Iran pushed the United States to take preemptive action to protect U.S. troops stationed at bases throughout the Middle East, whom the Pentagon believed would have been targeted by retaliatory strikes.



https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5764030-trump-administration-iran-strikes-israel/

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