David E. Sanger

We saw the streaks of an explosion above us.

Aimed at U.S.

allies, mostly Arab states in the region.

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And then, of course, there were attacks on Israel itself, just as we had expected.

But I also thought it was interesting that the response was not an overwhelming one.

And that suggested to me that it's possible the Iranians think that they were being baited into dumping all of their missiles and drones early on, leaving them defenseless if there are second or third wave strikes by the U.S.

and Israel.

So they responded right away.

but they certainly kept a fair bit in reserve.

So at least for now, we're not seeing a serious number of casualties in the response.

A short time ago...

The United States military began major combat operations in Iran.

And in this video, he talks about why he ordered it and what the goal is.

Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.

David, tell us what stood out to you from this video.

Well, there are two things that jumped out at me, Rachel.

The first part of the video was about the long list of grievances that the U.S.