I keep glancing at the date to make sure it isn’t somehow 2003 again. Even though it reads 2025, there seem to be constant reminders of the disastrous mistakes that led up to the most catastrophic American foreign policy decision in recent memory, the war on Iraq. Despite the costly lessons of the past and the flashing warning signs before us today, President Trump seems poised to press the button on joining Israel’s attack on Iran. Doing so could be an even bigger mistake.

The echoes are numerous. A complete disregard for international law and diplomatic alternatives. The members of Congress gung ho about the use of American military force. The Cheneyesque claims about mushroom clouds in the United States are being repeated. The British-based Economist is telling us it has seen a bombshell intelligence dossier. Bill Kristol, who famously told us the Iraq War would only last two months back in 2003, is still, well, Bill Kristol.

Despite the similarities, there are actually important differences in this moment that make the march to war an even greater folly. First, we have the........

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