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America's renewed war with Iran: At what cost?

First Voice

 , Updated 17:33, 13-Jul-2026
02:08

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US's renewed war on Iran may have been intended to project strength, but they also reveal more complicated realities: America's diplomatic credibility keeps declining and divisions within NATO are growing. For the United States, military action may be easy to launch, but at what cost? And who will have to bear the brunt? 

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