Cato Experts React to U.S. Attacks on Iran

Jon Hoffman, Brandan P. Buck, and Katherine Thompson

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has begun “major combat operations” in Iran after Israel also said it ⁠had launched missile attacks against the country. 

In response, Cato foreign policy experts have released the following statements: 

Jon Hoffman, Research Fellow: 

Trump’s decision to bomb Iran is indefensible. This was not about preempting an imminent threat—it was a strategically misguided power play, with no discernible endgame.