A War Correspondent on the Crisis in Iran

I'm Caleb Bissinger, and this is the next big idea. On February 28th, the United States and Israel attacked Iran. A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran. The administration has offered various explanations for the timing and necessity of this war. Here's Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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 hire those killed. The next day, President Trump contradicted that explanation. Mr. President, did Israel force your hand to launch these strikes against Iran? Did Netanyahu pull the United States into this war?

No, I might have forced their hand. You see, we were having negotiations with these lunatics, and it was my opinion that they were going to attack first. They were going to attack if we didn't do it. Meanwhile, Pete Heggseth, the Secretary of War, has focused less on causes, more on touting the devastating effects of American might. Death and destruction from the sky all day long.

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