Decades on from the US’s disastrous campaign in Afghanistan, Trump is making all the same mistakes
- Posted on August 2, 2026
- By The Guardian
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Decades on from the US’s disastrous campaign in Afghanistan, Trump is making all the same mistakes
The president has blundered into a ‘forever war’ with Iran he can’t win, but refuses to end. Such hubris has a long history, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
