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Why Trump took the risk of attacking Iran

The American president had pledged to end conflicts around the world, emphasizing that he had not launched any wars during his first term. A track record that might now change.

Why Trump took the risk of attacking Iran

People are watching President Donald Trump's speech right after American strikes on nuclear sites in Iran, in front of the White House, in Washington DC. (Credit: AFP.)

It will mark the start of his second term. In the early hours of Sunday, June 22, after days of mounting tension, Donald Trump gave the green light for a series of limited, targeted strikes on Iran’s key nuclear sites — Isfahan, Natanz, and, most critically, the heavily fortified Fordow facility, which only the United States could reach using GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs delivered by B-2 stealth bombers.A seeming about-face for someone who boasted during his campaign of being able to quickly end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and promised not to launch new wars. For these strikes could lead the United States into a conflict in the Middle East, with Tehran threatening to respond forcefully on enemy bases in the region, where nearly 40,000 soldiers are stationed, in case of direct American involvement alongside Israel in its war launched...
It will mark the start of his second term. In the early hours of Sunday, June 22, after days of mounting tension, Donald Trump gave the green light for a series of limited, targeted strikes on Iran’s key nuclear sites — Isfahan, Natanz, and, most critically, the heavily fortified Fordow facility, which only the United States could reach using GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs delivered by B-2 stealth bombers.A seeming about-face for someone who boasted during his campaign of being able to quickly end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and promised not to launch new wars. For these strikes could lead the United States into a conflict in the Middle East, with Tehran threatening to respond forcefully on enemy bases in the region, where nearly 40,000 soldiers are stationed, in case of direct American involvement alongside Israel in its war launched...
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