Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people familiar with the matter said.
The United States and Israel launched their most ambitious attacks on Iran in decades on Saturday, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sinking Iranian warships and hitting more than 1,000 targets so far, officials say.
But Sunday's remarks to Congress appeared to undercut one of the key arguments for the war made by senior administration officials.
They told reporters the day before that President Donald Trump decided to launch the attacks in part because of indicators that Iranians might strike U.S. forces in the Middle East "perhaps preemptively."
Everything coming out of Trump's mouth is a lie.
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Have some respect: it was Cheney. Chimpy just did as it was told ...
That’s true. But regardless, they, at least, tried to make a case for their war before starting it. They try to line up allies to join in.
But that takes work, and, as we all know, Trump is allergic to work.
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