Doyle McManus: Trump wants to take on Iran but has no idea how to do that
by Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Oct 23, 2017
3 minutes
Last week, U.S.-backed forces in Syria expelled Islamic State from its self-proclaimed capital of Raqqah, a major victory after three years of fighting against the "caliphate" that once terrified much of the West. But there was strikingly little celebration. President Trump made no formal announcement of success. There was no banner declaring "Mission Accomplished."
That was partly because the struggle against Islamic State is no longer the main event. The Trump administration has already declared a
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