The New York Times

Ayatollah Khomeini’s bait-and-switch game in the early years of the Islamic regime turned many of the people against it. They’ve been fighting the revolution since.

The Trump administration has deposed two sitting heads of state in two months, signaling a perilous new approach to the United States’ foreign affairs, argues the Times Opinion columnist Ezra Klein. “This is head on-a-pike foreign policy.”

The American public has received too little information to effectively judge the goals and objectives of the largest U.S. military operation in the Middle East in a generation.

Readers debate the justification for President Trump’s decision to take military action against Iran.