"The United States is conducting an operation to eliminate the threat of Iran's short-range ballistic missiles, and the threat posed by their navy, particularly to naval assets. That is what it is focused on doing right now, and it's doing quite successfully."
"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. The orders had been delegated down to the field commanders. It was automatic, and in fact, it bared to be true, because in fact within an hour of the initial attack on the leadership compound, the missile forces in the south and in the north, for that matter had already been activated to launch."
"The assessment that was made that if we stood and waited for that attack to come first before we hit them, we would suffer much higher casualties. And so the president made the very wise decision."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio clarified the Trump administration's military operation in Iran, stating its primary objective is eliminating the threat posed by Iran's short-range ballistic missiles and naval assets. Rubio explained the timing of the operation through two key factors: first, intelligence indicated Iran had delegated automatic retaliation orders to field commanders that would activate if Iran faced attack from the United States or Israel. Second, the administration assessed that waiting for Iran to attack first would result in significantly higher American casualties. Consequently, President Trump made a preemptive decision to strike, knowing Israeli military action would trigger Iranian retaliation against the United States.
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