"Utter Disaster for All Involved": Is Trump's War on Iran Repeating Bush's "Forever War" in Iraq?

[Uncle Joe]

The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is now in its fifth day. Following the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Israel has made it clear that it intends to target any official successors. Observers also warn that Israel could soon deploy its "Dahiya doctrine," a military strategy it first developed in Lebanon that involves carpet-bombing densely populated residential areas. Despite U.S. hopes for a short engagement, however, Iran appears to be settling in for a "war of attrition" against "the biggest military superpower in world history, and the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East," says scholar Narges Bajoghli. "This could turn into a regional war of a scale that will make the past 25 years of forever wars in the Middle East seem like a walk in the park."

[Dave Bowman]

1. This is going to be worse than Iraq and Afghanistan. Iran can make dirty bombs.

[Blues Heron]

2. Assassinating the Supreme Leader was highly stupid, and is going to put a target on all Americans for a long time

[Ray Bruns]

3. "Is Trump's War on Iran Repeating Bush's 'Forever War' in Iraq?"

There’s doubt?!