The “shoot their neighbors” thing is a legit psy-op. I have seen multiple news sources + John Stewart cover it that way instead of “fired missiles at US military bases in [neighboring countries]”

Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq, Cyprus, Turkey - all have US bases and that’s what was bombed. But they’re reporting it like Iran is doing it for no reason or as an act of aggression.