US EditionTrump’s Attack on Iran Risks Alienating War-Weary Supporters
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump ordered Operation Epic Fury, with strikes targeting Iranian officials and military sites, including missile and nuclear facilities.
- After Thursday's failed Geneva nuclear talks, President Donald Trump framed the strikes as preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, while Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lobbied for action.
- Images and social posts early Saturday showed smoke and explosions in Tehran, with unverified reports claiming the compound of Iran's supreme leader was turned into rubble and several senior commanders killed.
- Next week, House and Senate Democrats will force War Powers votes to limit US involvement as some leaders applauded Saturday's strikes while others called them illegal, and the White House only notified some House and Senate Armed Services Committees members.
- Experts warn this could become the biggest US campaign since Afghanistan and Iraq, as Nicole Grajewski said, `'Iran is a more formidable military power, and even what the response is right now in the Gulf- they're willing to cross lines that they weren't willing to cross before.
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'Trump is taking a gamble by claiming he can topple a bloodthirsty regime without boots on the ground'
OP-ED. Justin Vaïsse, a historian and founder of the Paris Peace Forum, describes the offensive the American president launched on Iran as unprecedented, claiming that his disregard for international law is the riskiest consequence for global stability.
Trump strikes Iran – European Council on Foreign Relations
In this emergency episode, Mark Leonard is joined by Ellie Geranmayeh, deputy director of ECFR’s Middle East and North Africa programme, Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR’s research director, and Cinzia Bianco, ECFR visiting fellow, to discuss the dramatic escalation following a massive joint US–Israeli military operation against Iran’s leadership and military infrastructure. What are Trump’s war aims and does he really seek regime change? Can Iran’s politic…
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AlKhaleej TodayRegime change in Iran: Trump’s strikes mark his biggest foreign policy gamble, but risks are high
Trump’s Iran campaign is fraught with risks, unknownsTrump says Iran’s Supreme Leader killedBut analysts see “regime change” via air power as unlikelyHow war unfolds could help define Trump’s foreign policy legacyIntelligence reports contradict Trump’s claim of Iran missile threat to US WASHINGTON, March 1 — With his large-scale attack on Iran, Donald Trump has seized a legacy-defining moment to demonstrate his readiness to exercise raw US milit…
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