As Israeli warplanes continue to
pummel Tehran and other parts of the country, President Trump has given mixed
messages on whether the U.S. will join Israel’s war on Iran. Trump’s press
secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a message on Thursday that Trump will
decide on direct U.S. involvement in the next two weeks. Leavitt delivered the
message shortly after Trump met with his former advisor Steve Bannon who has
publicly warned against war with Iran. The U.S. is reportedly considering
dropping “bunker buster” bombs on underground Iranian nuclear facilities. “It’s
reminiscent of the beginning of the Iraq War, when they said it’s going to be a
cakewalk,” says William Hartung, senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute
for Responsible Statecraft.
A U.S.-based Iranian human rights
group reports that the Israeli attacks have killed at least 639 people in Iran,
while Iran’s retaliatory strikes in Israel have killed an estimated two dozen.
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