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United States Secretary of State > US preemptive military action against Iran was to avoid high casualties from an expected Iranian retaliation to an Israeli strike
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They determined because of the exquisite intelligence that we had that if Israel fired upon Iran and took action against Iran to take out the missiles, then they would have immediately retaliated against US personnel and assets. The consequences of inaction on our part could have been devastating.

“They determined because of the exquisite intelligence that we had that if Israel fired upon Iran and took action against Iran to take out the missiles, then they would have immediately retaliated against US personnel and assets. The consequences of inaction on our part could have been devastating.”