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Pete Hexeth, the civilian head of the U.S.
military, made a promise on Tuesday.
Today will be, yet again, our most intense day of strikes inside Iran.
That was yesterday.
So how much damage is the U.S.
doing?
NPR's international correspondent, Aya Batraoui, is in Dubai.
Hi there.
What have you learned?
Oh, I'm glad you mentioned oil.
I want to tell you in Dubai what's happening here in the United States.
Gas prices have gone up sharply in the past week.
People do notice.
I was talking with somebody yesterday who said, you know, I don't follow politics, but they knew to the penny how much they'd been paying for gas.
So that's the U.S.
What's happening in energy markets in your part of the world and elsewhere in the world?
You know, I appreciate the facts that you've got, but what are the unknowns here, the things we don't know?
NPR's Aya Batraoui, thanks very much for the update.
Really appreciate it.
Americans, including some in Trump's base, are skeptical of a prolonged involvement.