With missile strike, Trump opts for escalation and a swing at a 'hornets' nest' With missile strike, Trump opts for escalation and a swing at a 'hornets' nest'
SATURDAY, JANUARY 04, 2020
IRAN-US-ANALYSIS : For a conflict known for extremes of rhetoric - the "Great Satan" and the "Axis of Evil" - the four-decade rivalry between the United States and Iran has been largely defined by calculation and restraint. The two countries bloodied one another using covert operatives and proxies, but mostly refrained from directly targeting each other's citizens or troops.