US attack on Iran
Donald Trump, the president who returned to the White House in January promising to be a "peacemaker", has taken a dramatic step to insert the US into the fraught conflict between Iran and Israel.
Far from bringing peace to the Middle East since taking office, Trump is now presiding over a region on the precipice of even greater warfare - a fight in which America is an active participant.
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Trump's rhetoric earlier this week that Iran had to "unconditionally surrender" had put the president in a position where it would be difficult for him to back down. Iran, with its own threats, had backed itself into a similar corner.
This is how wars start - and how they can expand beyond the control, and imaginations, of those involved.
On Thursday, Donald Trump gave the Iranians a two-week deadline but that turned out to be much shorter than expected - just two days. On Saturday night, the US president announced he had acted.
www.bbc.com - Trump takes huge gamble putting US at heart of Iran-Israel conflict
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