Washington's latest military operations in the Middle East are drawing comparisons to the 2003 Iraq invasion, with critics arguing that the strikes against Iran lack a coherent long-term plan and risk triggering regional collapse. Rather than pursuing geopolitical stability, the White House faces accusations that it is manufacturing a spectacle to dominate the news cycle and divert attention from a growing list of domestic troubles.
According to analysts, the administration is using military force as a smokescreen to overshadow mounting scrutiny of the Epstein files, civil rights concerns in Minneapolis, and a Supreme Court ruling that effectively undermined the legal basis for the administration's global tariff policy days before the strikes began.
