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More than 72 hours after the US and Israel launched what they described as a preemptive strike against Iran, the world is waking up to a grim reality: the Middle East has entered a regional war that is rapidly spinning out of control. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have declared regime change as the campaign’s central objective — and achieving it has become the sole measure of victory.
Yet, for all the clarity of that stated goal, the justifications for launching what is fast becoming a globally disruptive regional war remain strikingly thin. Trump accused Iran of failing to meet US demands after three rounds of negotiations, even as Omani Foreign Minister Badr Al-Busaidi — the key mediator in US-Iran nuclear talks — assured Washington that a historic agreement was within reach.
The US president then claimed he had ordered the strikes because Iran was on the verge of launching a preemptive attack of its own. Earlier, he had warned that Iran had developed long-range ballistic missiles capable of reaching Europe and could soon even strike America.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, meanwhile, told a congressional committee on Monday that the US had joined the campaign because Israel was intent on striking Iran with or without American participation. Last week, he also conceded that Iran had not resumed uranium enrichment.
