Trump Threatens Iran's Power Plants as War Enters Fourth Week with No End in Sight

Iran War won't be so absentee

What was America's longest war?Not the Civil War — that was the bloodiest, 620,000 dead, with Americans falling on both sides. That ended three days shy of exactly four years.Not World War II — four months shorter. Not the Vietnam War. Good guess, but no. Eighteen years, from the first military advisers in 1955 to the fall of Saigon in 1973.A long time. But topped by the Afghanistan War — how quickly we forget. Twenty years, from 2001 to 2021, 2…

Israel Iran war week four: no end in sight

Israel enters its fourth week of war against Iran, and its sub-campaign in Lebanon, with more question marks than exclamation points. It has achieved significant gains on both fronts, but risks being dragged into a war of attrition without reaching its objectives. In the main arena – Iran – Israel is struggling to reduce the volume of rocket fire on its home front. The adaptations Iran has made – in the nature of its missiles, in the spacing of …

Trump threatens Iran's power plants as war enters fourth week with no end in sight

We have the latest on the U-S and Israeli war on Iran, where in the past 48 hours, Israel has struck one of Iran's nuclear facilities and Iran has responded with strikes in Israel.

David Sanger: No End in Sight to Trump’s War in Iran

David Sanger of the New York Times comments on the mess that Trump created by making war on Iran. Before the war, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine warned Trump of the risks, including the likelihood of Iran shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Wall Street Journal. Trump ignored his warnings, because he thinks he’s the smartest person in every room. He had the experience of a swift victory in Venezuela, …