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How Trump’s War in Iran Has Echoes of Putin and Ukraine

Mar 8, 2026Center Left

The many similarities between the White House’s justification for war in Iran and Russia’s messaging on Ukraine underscore the risks of a vaguely defined, open-ended war.

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