Trump's Iran campaign echoes the post-9/11 'forever wars'

Donald Trump's campaign for a second term promised to avoid foreign wars, yet he is now engaged in a conflict with Iran that analysts warn could become a prolonged 'forever war.'

The war against Iran is drawing comparisons to past conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, raising concerns about the lack of a clear exit strategy and the potential political repercussions for Trump's party in upcoming elections.

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WASHINGTON, USA – When Donald Trump campaigned for a second term in the White House, he promised to be a “president of peace” who would stop foreign wars, not start them.

Now, a quarter-century after the September 11, 2001, attacks that triggered America’s global “war on terror,” he is entangled in an unpopular conflict of his own making that analysts say risks becoming his version of a “forever war.”