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Trump Had a Practice Run for Iran. He Messed It Up Too.

President Trump’s ill-advised, poorly executed war in Iran was foreshadowed months before. The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration’s handling of Yemen’s Houthi militia attacking ships in the area in 2025 had Pentagon leaders raising concerns that would come to fruition during the Iran war the next year. Specifically, Department of…

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