Well, howdy there, Internet people it spell again.

So today, we're going to talk about what happened while you were sleeping.

News started breaking early this morning at about 140 Eastern time, that an air campaign was underway and that Iran was being hit.

In line with the Trump administration's wishes to manage the narrative in hopes of getting Americans to rally behind the effort.

The early reporting cast the operation as a preemptive operation by Israel.

If you're wondering how we got here,

there will be links down below to go over everything,

from the framing to the recent briefing of the gang of eight.

A spokesperson said, quote,

The state of Israel has launched a preemptive strike against Iran to remove threats against the state of Israel.

As a result, a missile and UAV attack against the state of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate time frame.

About half an hour later, it started being confirmed that U.S. is expected in the immediate timeframe.

About half an hour later, it started being confirmed

that US forces were also involved in the operation

and a US official characterized the strikes

as a joint operation.

These were not small strikes

and didn't really appear limited in scope. We've got reports of

strikes hitting military, intelligence, and governmental targets. It's coming from air and sea,

with an unknown number of American aircraft and dozens of tomahawks entering Iranian airspace.

A member of Iran's parliament posted a defiant message to social media, saying, quote,

We warned you, now you've started down a path and the end is no longer in your hands.

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