Trump's Iran Campaign Echoes Post-9/11 'Forever Wars'
Analysts are drawing parallels between Donald Trump's current campaign against Iran and the 'forever wars' of the post-9/11 era. Despite administration claims of a limited engagement, the ongoing battle of attrition raises concerns about the lack of a clear exit strategy and long-term regional instability.
Why it matters
It highlights the geopolitical risks of open-ended military engagements and the potential for domestic political fallout in the United States.
When Donald Trump campaigned for a second term in the White House, he promised to be a "president of peace" who would stop foreign wars, not start them.Now, a quarter-century after the September 11, 2001, attacks that triggered America's global "war on terror," he is entangled in an unpopular conflict of his own making that analysts say risks becoming his version of a "forever war."With the 9/11 anniversary at hand, Trump's war against Iran is drawing comparisons in foreign policy circles to the long, divisive conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq that preceded it. It is also prompting questions about whether the U.S.
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