Source: Exiled Policy
by Jason Pye
“Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are trying to sell the war with Iran as a show of American might. Sure, the bombing conducted by the United States and Israel set Iran back substantially, taking out a number of top officials. That’s only one element of the war. Overall, the war has been a foreign policy blunder that combined strategic overreach, economic self-sabotage, and rhetorical escalation into a single, costly episode. It may well leave the United States with fewer options, higher prices at home, and an adversary that, in some ways, looks more entrenched than before. This war didn’t begin the way the White House now frames it. It wasn’t an unavoidable response to an imminent threat that left policymakers with no choice.” (04/10/26)
https://exiledpolicy.substack.com/p/americas-massive-foreign-policy-blunder