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11:18Now PlayingThe rapidly expanding war sparked by the joint U.S.–Israeli assault on Iran has evolved into one of the most volatile Middle East conflicts in decades, with mounting American casualties, regional spillover across at least nine countries, and intensifying political backlash in Washington. Six U.S. service members have been killed and eighteen wounded. The public narrative around the war’s origins and justification has been marked by sharp contradictions between key U.S. leaders, particularly between Donald Trump and Marco Rubio. Trump has insisted that the U.S. acted without Israeli pressure and preemptively to forestall an imminent attack, claiming negotiations were underway and that Iran “was going to attack first.” By contrast, Rubio has suggested that Washington struck because Israel was planning to hit Iran, and framed the imminent threat in terms of anticipated retaliation against U.S. forces rather than an already unfolding assault. Anthony Davis reports.
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