With risky strike, Trump puts presidency on the line

“The U.S. is at a high risk of being drawn into yet another regime-change war that could mire the U.S. in the Middle East for decades more,” Rosemary Kelanic, the director of the Middle East program at Defense Priorities, a D.C.-based think tank that advocates for a more restrained approach to U.S. military engagements, said in an email.

If Iran retaliates, “the loss of U.S. lives will only make the drums of regime-change war louder,” she said.