Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a slightly different rationale on Monday, telling reporters the Trump administration decided to attack because Israel was planning to strike Iran, and "we knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces." For that reason, he said, the U.S. chose to strike Iran "preemptively" to take out many of its missiles.
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国务卿马可·卢比奥周一给出了略有不同的解释。他告诉记者，特朗普政府决定发动袭击是因为以色列计划打击伊朗，“我们知道这将引发针对美军的袭击”。他表示，正因如此，美国选择“先发制人”打击伊朗，以摧毁其大量导弹。
