Trump’s Plan Goes Up in Flames in Major Escalation

Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS Donald Trump just bombed the same adversary he insisted he was “very close” to striking a peace deal with only the day before. Military forces stationed in the Middle East engaged in a tit-for-tat series of strikes with Iran after Tehran downed a U.S. helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz. The Financial Times called it “the biggest flare-up between the warring parties since they agreed to a fragile ceasefire two months ago.” The Pentagon said its “self-defense strikes” targeted “air defense, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites.” It described those strikes as “a proportional response to recent attacks on U.S. forces and international commercial ships transiting regional waters.” Read more at The Daily Beast.

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