Dinesh T. Chawla
The conflict unfolding in Iran may be only one theater in a much larger strategic struggle between Washington and Beijing. Despite recent military successes, Americans remain deeply anxious about the escalating conflict. Tensions with Iran began in 1979 with the international spectacle of the hostage crisis. But even that pales in comparison with the risks at hand. The cauldron of troubling interactions has reached its boiling point.
The prospect of boots on the ground terrifies Americans and has created a fracture within Trump‘s support base because of his repeated and demonstrative criticism of foreign intervention. His vice president, J.D. Vance, was even more critical of foreign interventionist policies prior to joining the Trump administration.
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