U.S. Casualties Underscore Toll of Unpopular War

“The stakes of the Iran war are becoming increasingly stark, and President Donald Trump was confronted with the latest evidence today when he traveled to the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to pay his respects to four American soldiers killed in the line of duty,” Bloomberg reports.

“What was supposed to be a relatively brief military incursion, undertaken alongside Israel, is headed toward its sixth month. And now, at least 18 U.S. service members have died in a war waged by a president who railed against America’s involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan during past campaigns.”

CNN: Trump greets the fallen as he faces a decision point on Iran.