American troops topple a statue of Saddam Hussein on April 9, 2003, in Baghdad. Gilles Bassignac/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images After 12 days of trading deadly airstrikes, Israel and Iran confirmed on ...

For those arguing against bombing Iran’s nuclear program, the Iraq analogy is a powerful one to make. Operation Iraqi Freedom is widely viewed as an expensive U.S. foreign policy blunder that ...

Ahead of his announcing on Monday night that Israel and Iran agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” to be phased in over 24 hours, President Donald Trump floated the idea of "regime change" in ...

The threat Iran poses to U.S. national security is beginning to sound eerily similar to the widely touted threat posed by Iraq in the run-up to its invasion in 2003. It's a recipe that calls for a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrea Stanton, University of Denver (THE CONVERSATION) After 12 days of trading ...

Before and after U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to bomb three Iranian nuclear facilities on June 22, critics compared his actions to the months preceding and following the U.S. invasion of ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As President Donald Trump floats the idea of “regime change” in Tehran, previous U.S. attempts to remake the Middle East by force over the decades offer stark ...