We Can't Forget the Quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan, But Let's Hold Off Judging Iran as the Next 'Forever War'

President Donald Trump’s use of the military in Iran has reopened wounds most Americans hoped had finally scarred over.

We have buried too many young men and women over the last quarter of a century.

The war in Iraq lasted longer than most childhoods, while fighting in Afghanistan stretched longer than Michael Jordan’s NBA career.

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