By bombing three nuclear sites in Iran, the United States has joined Israel’s war against the country. Now it is bracing for Iranian retaliation.

Wall Street was headed for a higher open on Friday, tracking strength in global stocks after President Donald Trump held off from making an immediate call on U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran war. As hostilities between the two Middle Eastern countries approached their second week,

President Trump’s decision to strike Iran inserts the U.S. squarely into the kind of conflict he vowed to avoid, but he has prioritized neutralizing Iran’s nuclear program.