The Korea Times
The current war raging Iran and Israel plus the United States represents a stark departure from the behavior of previous U.S. leaders. The administrations of Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden maintained traditional strong alliance with Israel, including military assistance, but avoided being drawn into sustained military combat in the Middle East. U.S. President Donald Trump in his second term has decided to join Israel in devastating air attacks on Iran, while moving U.S. Army and Marine Corps forces into the region. A ground invasion of Iran may soon occur. Trump has reversed course from earlier sustained emphasis on the absolute requirement to avoid direct military engagements overseas. He is acting unilaterally, without securing any approval from Congress. This contrasts with the approaches of both President George H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush in respectively responding to the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq and launching our invasion of Iraq in 2003. The current conflict is sometimes referred to as the Third Gulf War, but is distinctive from the earlier two wars in im
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