Trump’s epic gamble on Epic Fury

Published March 6, 2026 6:08am ET



As a name, “Epic Fury/Roaring Lion” has all the marketing appeal of a Hollywood blockbuster, where the good guys win as the credits roll.

But Democrats in Congress say they’ve seen this movie before, the 2003 version, where a previous Republican administration, based on flawed — some would say hyped — intelligence, went to war to topple Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein over his efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction, including a nuclear bomb.

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