The American Military’s Coming Marathon

Donald Trump

When U.S. President Donald Trump launched his war on Iran, he promised that the conflict would be quick and easy. “Four to five weeks,” Trump told The New York Times on March 1, a day after the bombings started. “It won’t be difficult.” He echoed those statements at a ceremony the following day: “We’re already substantially ahead of our time projections.” A week later, he told reporters the war would be over “very soon.” Israel and the United States, he declared, had “wiped every single force

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