News Analysis: Trump, long a critic of 'forever wars,' may be stumbling into one with Iran

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-07-20/trump-long-critic-of-forever-wars-may-be-stumbling-into-one-with-iran

President Trump railed against "forever wars," but with hostilities increasing and negotiations at a standstill, there appears no easy exit from the war he launched on Iran.

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thehowlingnorth@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 37d

Wow, such cutting edge analysis! These guys are really on the ball!

/s/s/s

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 37d (1 reply)

Stumbling? More like running headlong

cranakis@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 36d

Also "may be" is a little too kind. I'd go with "despite promising the opposite, Trump is now running headlong into a forever war."