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What is the reason if the nuclear program isn't the reason, as poor Ted Cruz,

I never thought I'd put those three words together, is over there talking about nukes.

And we know that the intelligence did not suggest that an attack was imminent from Iran.

What is, what is left? Why, why are we at war with Iran?

Great question. Yeah, great question. I mean, the simplest explanation, you know,

might be the one that they gave 24 hours in, that they've kind of tried to backtrack since then,

which is that Israel made us do it.

That Bibi decided on this timeline, Netanyahu decided he wanted to attack,

and he convinced Trump to join him by scaring Trump into believing

that US assets in the region would be at risk, and so Trump was better off

just joining Netanyahu.

Um, I hope that isn't the full explanation, but you're right,

as we are now hearing that the nuclear program is not part of their targeting campaign,

as we're now more confident that even harder-line leadership is taking hold,

as the Strait of Hormuz is, you know, still being shut down even as we get their navy,

what's left as the explanation? It might just be that Israel forced our hand.

And how weak does that make the United States look?

How weak are we if our allies can force us into wars of choice

that are bad for US national security interests?