Trump’s Iran War Is a Familiar Middle Eastern Folly
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Trump’s Iran War Is a Familiar Middle Eastern Folly

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The New York TimesApril 11, 2026View Source

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Trump quiere hacer guerra con Irán otra vez.

Trump wants to start war with Iran again.

quiere→wantshacer→to doguerra→warcon→withIrán→Iranotra→anothervez→time
Esto recuerda a otras decisiones malas de Estados Unidos en Oriente Medio.

This reminds of other bad decisions by the United States in the Middle East.

Esto→thisrecuerda→remindsdecisiones→decisionsmalas→badEstados Unidos→United StatesOriente Medio→Middle East
La guerra con Irán podría causar problemas grandes.

The war with Iran could cause big problems.

guerra→warcausar→to causeproblemas→problemsgrandes→big
Muchos expertos creen que Estados Unidos no debe atacar.

Many experts think the United States should not attack.

expertos→expertscreen→thinkatacar→to attack
La economía y la seguridad serían afectadas.

The economy and security would be affected.

economía→economyseguridad→securityafectadas→affected
Estados Unidos ha cometido errores similares antes.

The United States has made similar mistakes before.

cometido→made (perfect)similares→similarantes→before
Las guerras largas cuestan mucho dinero.

Long wars cost a lot of money.

largas→longcuestan→costmucho→much
La gente cree que debemos ser más tranquilos.

People believe we should be more calm.

trabalenguas→tongue twister (example placeholder)tranquilos→calm
American power can survive America’s recurring overreach.
overreach→excessive use of powersurvive→to endure
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guerra
war
"La guerra con Irán podría causar problemas grandes."
expertos
experts
"Muchos expertos creen que Estados Unidos no debe atacar."
economía
economy
"La economía y la seguridad serían afectadas."
costar
to cost
"Las guerras largas cuestan mucho dinero."
tranquilos
calm
"La gente cree que debemos ser más tranquilos."
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