When it comes to war fighting, the Trump administration are the children of the US forever wars in the Middle East. Both Hegseth and JD Vance served in Iraq, and Trump has often prided himself on being a persistent critic of that war. Just because one president screwed up a military conflict doesn’t mean we can never engage in military conflict again”. But the administration has learned different lessons from the Iraq war. Then, he said, it could last two weeks, four weeks, or six weeks.

Source: The Guardian March 03, 2026 15:52 UTC