Our View: By fighting Israel’s war, Trump risks another Iraq

Although Saturday’s attack on Iran by the United States was expected seeing the massing of American forces in the region, it still came as a surprise with Israeli forces leading the way. Negotiations between the Iran and the US, aimed at resolving a decades-long dispute commenced in February, and the last meeting on Friday ended inconclusively with suggestions there would be more next week. President Donald Trump, however, had said that he was “not happy” with the way the discussions were going.