The US-Israel war on Iran is a colossal blunder of world historical proportions. More than two decades ago, on 7 February 2003, the US defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, told American troops in Europe that any invasion of Iraq would be brief. When the US-led invasion of Iraq began, the US had assembled a force of 150,000 troops to invade Iraq. This time around, as the US is signaling that it may send ground troops into Iran, it has at its disposal a force of about 50,000 troops in the Middle East. It’s also a continuation of the 2003 Iraq invasion.

Source: The Guardian April 01, 2026 04:18 UTC