Iran's military launched dozens of missiles into Israel on Saturday night after President Donald Trump ordered U.S. airstrikes against three Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Trump and other world leaders have called on Iran to come to the negotiating table.

"Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world's No. 1 state sponsor of terror," Trump said in a late-night announcement in the East Room on June 21,

Trump hopes to emerge as a bold commander who achieved a goal long sought by the United States -- destroying Iran’s nuclear capabilities without being drawn into a lasting conflict. Middle East history shows the difficulty of achieving that goal.