After the United States and Israel launched a wave of missile strikes against Iran, killing several senior officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps quickly initiated counterattacks against Israel and US military bases across the region. With US President Donald Trump saying that the US-Israeli assault could continue for several weeks “or longer,” the specter of another protracted American war in the Middle East looms large.
After the United States and Israel launched a wave of missile strikes against Iran, killing several senior officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps quickly initiated counterattacks against Israel and US military bases across the region. With US President Donald Trump saying that the US-Israeli assault could continue for several weeks “or longer,” the specter of another protracted American war in the Middle East looms large.