How Iran war may accelerate the fall of US empire

How Iran war may accelerate the fall of US empire Submitted by Soumaya Ghannoushi on Wed, 03/04/2026 - 19:21 This conflict could prove to be Washington's most perilous adventure yet - the classic story of a superpower overreaching A picture of US President Donald Trump is set on fire during a demonstration in front of the American consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on 1 February 2026 (Yasin Akgul/AFP) Off For more than two decades, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been circling a single horizon. He has warned about it, lobbied for it, dramatised it at podiums from Washington to the United Nations. Now it is here.