Rubio contradicts himself on remarks about starting Iran war over Israel

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has contradicted himself and scrambled to clarify his explanation for attacking Iran, after being confronted over whether the US started the war because of Israel.

A reporter told him he had previously indicated that the US launched the war because Israel was going to strike Iran.

Rubio shot back, saying “your statement is false” and challenging the journalist with “were you there yesterday?”, insisting he had said no when asked if the US acted because of Israel.

The exchange follows his earlier justification that the US faced an “imminent threat”, arguing officials believed Iran would retaliate against America if it were attacked by Israel.

Critics argue the US has effectively launched a wider regional war long sought by Israel.

They say officials are now trying to obscure that reality, amid concerns that American service members do not want to die for Israel and that the wider US public has little appetite for another war on its behalf.

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