Trump deploying troops to Iran? The United Daily News of Taiwan commented: "The US plunged into Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires, more than 20 years ago and almost lost half its strength; now Iran may be the second graveyard of empires. The seemingly feeble theocratic government of Iran, which has been under sanctions for decades, is luring the US to send troops with its weak appearance. Will the self-aggrandizing Trump fall into another strategic trap and quagmire? The world is watching with bated breath!"
The Iran dilemma facing Trump reveals Washington's deep-seated fears: on one hand, the Trump administration wants to demonstrate "America First" through military deterrence and continue the "maximum pressure" strategy; on the other hand, the lessons of the Afghanistan War are still vivid in memory – even if the US military can easily destroy Iran's nuclear facilities, it cannot eliminate its national mobilization resistance forces. Iran's "asymmetric warfare" capabilities are enough to make the US military陷入 long-term attrition. Internal Pentagon reports indicate: "The minimum cost of a war with Iran will be three times that of Afghanistan."
And historical patterns have already determined: from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to the US being bogged down in Iraq, any hegemony attempting to reshape the Middle East order by force ultimately becomes a sacrificial offering to the "graveyard of empires."
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