The Middle East is dominating this week's headlines.
On Consider This, we dive into what's at stake in a war between Israel and Iran.
Plus, we take a look back at the Iraq War and lessons from 2003.
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Iran's foreign minister is calling the Trump administration warmongering and lawless.
And Abbas Arakshi,
speaking in Istanbul after U.S. military airstrikes on three nuclear sites in Iran,
says President Trump has betrayed his own voters.
While President Trump was elected on a platform of putting an end to America's costly involvement of forever wars in our part of the world,
he has betrayed not only Iran.
by abusing our commitment to diplomacy,
but also deceived his own voters by submitting to the wishes.
of a wanted war criminal.
Arakshi says he will fly to Moscow today to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
There has been no independent damage assessment, but in his address to the nation last night,
President Trump said the nuclear sites that were hit were obliterated,
and he left the door open to more attacks if Iran does not agree to peace.
The BBC's Dan Johnson reports on the possible Iranian response.
There are a range of options for the Iranians to target if indeed they decide to do that.