President Donald Trump has dragged America into a war of his choosing, attacking Iran with little public support, zero congressional approval and virtually no public justification. The path forward is unclear, and our self-absorbed leader is already speaking about the loss of American lives with the nonchalance one expects from a small man never held accountable for the consequences of his actions.

Announcing the deaths of four U.S. service members following the attack launched Feb. 28, Trump said in a video posted to social media: “And sadly, there will likely be more before it ends, that’s the way it is. Likely be more.”

The ease with which that man dismissed present and future casualties was sickening. “That’s the way it is,” he said. He might as well have added a “Ho-hum,” such is his apparent concern for the women and men he has now put in danger for … what?

Iran posed no imminent threat, but Trump attacked anyway

Our intelligence agencies identified no imminent threat from Iran. There was no sign that the nation was close to developing a nuclear weapon. The White House still has on its website a June........

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