The Trump administration is confronting mounting discontent from its Persian Gulf allies, who claim they were given inadequate time to prepare for a torrent of Iranian drones and missiles that bombarded their countries. These attacks were reportedly in retaliation for strikes launched by the US and Israel.
Officials from two Gulf nations expressed profound disappointment with Washington's handling of the conflict, particularly the initial assault on Iran last Saturday. They asserted that their governments received no prior warning of the US-Israeli attack and that their earlier warnings about the war's potentially devastating regional consequences were disregarded.
