US-Iran Tensions Escalate

On Sunday, “a rocket was fired into the Iraqi capital Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone… There [has] so far been no claim of responsibility… The attack came two weeks after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Iraqi leaders during a surprise visit to Baghdad that if they failed to keep in check Iran-backed militias, which are expanding their power in Iraq and now form part of its security apparatus, the United States would respond with force.” (Reuters)

The left is wary of ratcheting up tensions, and urges the Trump...