Irish Examiner view: There is no endgame in Iran-US conflict

Many of us are filled with dread having woken up yesterday to news of US strikes on Iran

Protesters took to the streets in Tehran following US attacks on Iran on Sunday. Picture: Vahid Salemi/AP

Those of us who awoke to notifications of  the American attack on Iranian nuclear sites must be forgiven the sense of creeping dread that the blaze lit by Israel’s strikes is about to become a forest fire.

Donald Trump — who ordered the attacks without congressional approval and campaigned on keeping America out of wars — seems to think this single big-stick action will be sufficient, saying “now is the time for peace”.