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Israel-Iran war recalls the 2003 US invasion of Iraq – a war my undergraduate students see as a relic of the past

After 12 days of trading deadly airstrikes, Israel and Iran confirmed on June 24, 2025, that a ceasefire is in effect, one day after President Donald Trump proclaimed the countries reached a deal to end fighting. Experts are wondering how long the ceasefire, which does not contain any specific conditions,…

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Will Trump’s high-risk Iran strategy pay dividends at home if the peace deal holds?

During Donald Trump’s first term, he made clear that he wanted his foreign policy to be as unpredictable as possible, stating: “I don’t want them to know what I’m thinking.”

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Grover Norquist’s lasting influence on the GOP and US economic policy

In the “one, big, beautiful bill,” President Donald Trump has called for substantial decreases in federal domestic spending. However, a schism emerged between Republican lawmakers during the budget debates in Congress.

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Did Donald Trump just become the most powerful president in modern history?

NEWS ANALYSIS: With one unprovoked strike against Iran, and a compliant Congress in tow, Trump shows that he wields the most unilateral power of any American leader since Lincoln, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK

US attack on Iran lacks legal justification and could lead to more nuclear proliferation

After a stern warning from Donald Trump, Israel and Iran appear finally to be observing a US-brokered ceasefire announced by Donald Trump overnight on June 23. But just as it remains unclear what the state of the conflict is, many other uncertainties remain when it comes to the US strikes…

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Trump just became first US president to drop the F-bomb on live TV. But he’s not the first to be caught cursing

Donald Trump may have crossed a new line but he isn’t the only potty-mouthed president, a tradition that dates all the way back to Abraham Lincoln

The Independent UK

So, JD Vance thinks Americans are only sick of war because the past presidents were ‘dumb’

Vance demands we cherish the staggering intelligence of President Trump.

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Trump is not interested in listening to US experts on Iran’s nuclear program

The US president is more willing to listen to Israel than his predecessors were and is also deeply suspicious of the CIA

The Guardian - US

Hauntingly familiar? Why comparing the US strikes on Iran to Iraq in 2003 is off target

On June 21, the United States launched airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities – Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan – pounding deeply buried centrifuge sites with bunker-busting bombs.

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Vance Says Bombing Iran Is Different From Other 'Dumb' Presidents' Military Actions

On Sunday talk shows, the vice president made the case for bombing Iran—a notable shift from his previous anti-war rhetoric.

Reason

‘Morning Joe’ stands up for Trump on Iran strikes and says even Hillary Clinton would have bombed nuke sites

‘I find it hard to believe that Bush 41, Bush 43, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, you know, go down the list, any president wouldn’t have felt compelled to take that strike,’ host Joe Scarborough declared Monday morning.

The Independent UK

War could tap Trump's darkest impulses

If Trump sent troops to Los Angeles, what might he do as a wartime president to quell opposition?

Salon

Voices: When US presidents talk of regime change, we must be careful what they wish for

COMMENT: With Donald Trump apparently warming to the idea of overthrowing Iran’s theocratic rulers, history reminds us that whenever the White House upturns an unsatisfactory regime, from Fidel Castro to Saddam Hussein, it contrives only to make matters worse, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

Sounds familiar: Was this said about Iraq in 2003, or Iran in 2025?

Read these 10 statements and decide: were they made in the lead-up to the 2003 war or in 2025?

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OPINION - Saturation attacks, dirty nuclear bombs and the bind for Britain: Starmer's Israel-Iran dilemma

The echoes from the super bomb Midnight Hammer mission continue to reverberate, and the questions grow louder. Behind the hyperbole of Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth about “this super successful operation” creep nagging doubts.

The Independent UK

An international law expert says US strikes on Iran were illegal. Here’s why

ANALYSIS: Donald Rothwell says, under the UN Charter, there are just two ways in which a state can lawfully use force against another state

The Guardian - US

Trump’s war with Iran signals perilous shift from showman to strongman

The emergence of Hawk Trump dismayed some of his Maga base but students of US adventurism were unsurprised

The Independent UK

Vance says difference between this Middle East attack and others is that previous presidents were ‘dumb’

Vice President assures Americans Iran conflict will not become ‘drawn-out’ commitment like War on Terror

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Why the US strikes on Iran are illegal and can set a troubling precedent

After the United States bombed Iran’s three nuclear facilities on Sunday, US President Donald Trump said its objective was a “stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror”.

The Guardian - US

Like George W Bush, Trump has started a reckless war based on a lie

The Iraq war was built on a lie. Now history is repeating itself

The Independent UK

Now more than ever, the prime minister must refrain from following Donald Trump’s lead

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With the stakes so high now in the tinderbox of the Middle East, Keir Starmer must show the caution that has served him so well on the world stage

The Independent UK

Trump has just gambled his second presidency on a potential war with Iran

ANALYSIS: President need only look to his predecessors to see what will happen now that he has committed to military strikes in the Middle East, writes Eric Garcia

The Guardian - US

Kimmel on Trump’s Iran plans: ‘Who the hell knows what he’s gonna do?’

Late-night hosts expressed confusion and concern over the president’s potential strike on Iran while also discussing the heatwave

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We’re on the brink of a disastrous, illegal conflagration in the Middle East. Trump must be stopped

This is a war of choice, based on misinformation. If the US and UK join it, they risk a rerun of the Iraq debacle of 2003, says Fawaz Gerges of the LSE

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