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Trump resists Iran ground war, but history warns of escalation
The largest US military operation in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq invasion began on 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel struck Iran and killed its Supreme Leader,…
The Story in Brief
The largest US military operation in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq invasion began on 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel struck Iran and killed its Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. President Donald Trump has avoided ordering a ground invasion, a step that broke Lyndon Johnson in Vietnam, Richard Nixon and George W. Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the trap remains: diplomacy keeps collapsing, Iran refuses to negotiate, and pressure to escalate grows. The Pentagon's database counts 18 US service members killed and hundreds wounded, though lawmakers accuse the department of quietly undercounting casualties.
The Indian Opinion
Two lazy narratives twist this story. One paints Trump as a strategic master of restraint; the other as a bumbling vacillator who has prolonged the war by not finishing it. Both ignore the grim reality: the air war has already killed thousands of civilians and 18 US service members, according to Pentagon figures that lawmakers say are undercounted. The real test is not Trump's nerve but the next ceasefire collapse. If it fails again, will he order troops into Hormuz? That is the number that will settle the question.
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