WASHINGTON ¨C One week into the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran that has plunged the Middle East into turmoil, U.S. President Donald Trump faces a growing list of risks and challenges that raise questions about whether he will be able to translate military successes into a clear geopolitical win.
Even after the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran¡¯s longtime supreme leader, and devastating blows against Iranian forces on land, at sea and in the air, the crisis has quickly widened into a regional conflict that threatens a more prolonged U.S. military engagement with fallout beyond Trump¡¯s control.
That is a scenario that Trump had avoided in his two terms in the White House, preferring swift, limited operations like the Jan. 3 lightning raid in Venezuela and June¡¯s one-off strike on Iran¡¯s nuclear sites.
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