War-justification-of-the-day is that the U.S. had to strike because Israel was going to with or without the U.S.—which would've led to blowback including against the U.S. and the U.S. didn't think they could defend themselves against that without striking first.

What an admission—from supposedly the most powerful, capable military in the world, and when the only reason Israel can wage war on anyone is that it's equipped with U.S. weapons.

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"Donald Trump has made an appeal and said to the police and to the Republican Guard to 'Lay down your weapons: if you don't, it's likely that you will die.' The problem he's got is that his message isn't getting much beyond the borders here in the United States—maybe even around the world but it's not getting into Iran. He cut back Voice of America, which had a big Farsi services—which would've broadcast the words of Donald Trump."

- Alan Fisher, Al Jazeera chief US correspondent, in Washington

Explosions also reported in #Bahrain (home to the 5th U.S. Navy fleet), interceptions in #Qatar (home to Al Udeid, the largest U.S. base in the region), explosions in #AbuDhabi, #UAE, and #Kuwait - Al Jazeera

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Explosions in #Kuwait and #AbuDhabi, #UAE - Al Jazeera citing Reuters

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