The Iran war is not a war to eliminate the “imminent threat” to the United States. Iran has consistently nurtured and used non-state actors to wage a proxy war against Israel. With Iran threatening to attack ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, Mr. Trump is discovering that West Asia is not Latin America, and Iran is not Venezuela. Mr. Trump has reordered the transatlantic alliance amicably when the Europeans caved in to everything that he asked. With its strategic space constricted by both the U.S. and China, the Iran war is having a much greater impact on India than it anticipated.

Source: The Hindu March 09, 2026 18:53 UTC