US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ignited a storm of controversy after a viral clip showed him seemingly admitting that Israel played a decisive role in the US decision to strike Iran.
On Monday, Rubio offered an explanation that looped the United States into the ongoing Iran conflict through the actions of its ally Israel. He told reporters that Israel was preparing a strike on Iran, which would inevitably provoke Tehran to retaliate against US assets in the region. Rubio argued that this made a preemptive strike by Washington necessary.
