Wow! Six Iranian missiles launched towards Jordan's Al-Muwaqqar Salati base!
Direct hit. Evidence is in the pictures.
Yet Jordanian leadership claims no impact occurred.
Israel did not intercept them.
What does this mean?
This is the first time Iran has preemptively struck a U.S. base without prior American attack.
According to the Americans, this is called "preemption."
Calling it "preemption" might sound slightly unfamiliar, after all, there's still no formal ceasefire or agreement between the two sides.
Just because they haven't been shooting at each other for a few days doesn't mean the war has ended.
Fairly speaking, the pattern before the calm was:
1. The U.S. attacks Iran
2. Iran retaliates by attacking locations where the U.S. launched its strikes
3. Iran attacks
Clearly, steps 1 and 2 were skipped, so calling it "preemption" isn't inaccurate.
Naturally, if we're being strict about it, the U.S. military always initiates hostilities first—going back as far as February 28th or earlier.
So fairly speaking, the U.S. has accumulated enough guilt to justify Iran choosing when and how to retaliate—an act of response to prior aggression.
Trump wants a comfortable exit, but the room for maneuver is shrinking smaller and smaller.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1872005664560204/
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