Trump’s Strategic Disaster in Tehran

Photograph Source: Mohammadhossein Movahedinejad – CC BY 4.0

The smoldering wreckage of an American F-15 fighter jet in the Kuwaiti desert offers a grim, physical testament to the escalating costs of President Donald Trump’s latest Middle Eastern venture. Just 48 hours into Operation Epic Fury, the loss of advanced American hardware—and the precarious safety of its pilots—signals that the air campaign against Iran is not the one-sided surgical strike many in Washington had anticipated.

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