"We knew there was going to be an Israeli action.
We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces,
and we knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after them
before they launched these attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.”
“Have we now delegated the most solemn decision that can be made in our society, the decision to go to war, to another country?” King asked Colby. “That’s the implication, the breathtaking implication of Secretary Rubio’s statement.”
King later added that Rubio “inadvertently told the truth” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed for war with Iran. The Maine senator said he supports Israel but added that no one should drive the U.S.’s decision to go to war.