It’s being reported that the US has already told its allies that it won’t participate in the war on Iran’s nuclear facilities unless it gets attacked.

Here’s the reporting from Axios:

The Trump administration told several Middle Eastern allies on Sunday that it doesn’t plan to get actively involved in the war between Israel and Iran unless Iran targets Americans, two sources from countries that received that U.S. message tell Axios.

The big picture: The U.S. has helped Israel intercept missiles, but made clear Israel is acting alone in attacking Iran. The U.S. message is that if Iran attacks Americans in response, it will be crossing a red line.

The intrigue: The U.S. sent a similar message to the same countries about an hour between Israel launched the war last Thursday, telling them the U.S. would not participate.

In both cases, the U.S. seemed to expect the countries to pass that message to Iran to discourage any retaliation against U.S. forces or interests in the region.

The White House didn’t respond to a request for comment.

This is consistent with what we’ve heard from Secretary of State Rubio and President Trump, so I think this is totally accurate.

When it comes to other moves the US is making in the region, it’s all about protecting Israel from Iranian fire and, of course, our own people should it come to that.