Trump wants to get out of his quagmire

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مرگ بر آمریکا

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Since February 28, the U.S.-Israeli aggression against Iran has raised serious questions about Washington’s strategic calculations, the extent of Israeli influence over American decision-making, and the future of diplomacy in West Asia.

In an interview with the Tehran Times, Joe Lauria, a veteran American journalist and editor-in-chief of Consortium News, says Washington entered the war based on a major strategic miscalculation and underestimated Iran’s ability to resist military and economic pressure.

Lauria is a UN correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and The Boston Globe and has also worked for Bloomberg News and The Sunday Times. He discusses Donald Trump’s role, Benjamin Netanyahu’s influence on U.S. policy, Western media narratives, and the growing risks of prolonged regional instability and energy insecurity.

The following is the full text of the interview:


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Trump wants to get out of the Iran quagmire, but seems can't do it: American journalist

TEHRAN – Since February 28, the U.S.-Israeli aggression against Iran has raised serious questions about Washington’s strategic calculations, the extent of Israeli influence over American decision-making, and the future of diplomacy in West Asia. In an interview with the Tehran Times, Joe...
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Trump can’t end Iran war he started​


Nearly 10 weeks into the Iran war, proposals continue to move back and forth between Washington and Tehran through Pakistani mediators, yet no final breakthrough has emerged — highlighting the widening gap between America’s military power and its ability to force a decisive political outcome.

Since February, at least six major proposals, ceasefire frameworks or draft understandings have been exchanged between Washington and Tehran through Omani and Pakistani mediation — yet no final settlement has emerged.

The mixed messaging has increasingly become a defining feature of the conflict.

The rapidly changing narrative from Washington has added to perceptions of strategic confusion over how the US intends to end the conflict

Within the span of just 24 hours, the administration shifted from portraying military operations as effectively concluded to warning that bombing would resume if Tehran rejected US terms.

Trump has repeatedly suggested Tehran was close to accepting US terms. On Wednesday alone, Trump alternated between optimism and threats, warning in a Truth Social post that if Iran failed to agree, “the bombing starts” and would come “at a much higher level and intensity.”

The New York Times noted that the remarks appeared to contradict Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s assertion a day earlier that the war was effectively “over”.

The drawn-out diplomacy itself is increasingly being seen as evidence that the US has not managed to impose its demands.

The Trump administration’s rapidly changing strategies have further fuelled perceptions of drift.

Iran expert Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, described the administration’s approach as a recurring “silver bullet” strategy — relying on dramatic moves to force Tehran into submission.

The pattern has included assassinations, bombing campaigns, naval blockades and sudden diplomatic pushes. Yet Iran’s leadership structure has held together, with no sign of the collapse some in Washington initially expected.

“The whole evolution of the conflict so far underscores the enormous gap between America’s operational capability, which is substantial, and the difficulty in bringing a kind of strategic result on terms most people would judge as a success,” Ian Lesser, a distinguished fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, told CNN.

Similarly, Anja Manuel, executive director of the Aspen Security Forum, warned against assuming the conflict was nearing resolution.

“You can change the name of the operation, you can declare the ceasefire on or off, but what remains the case is the Straits of Hormuz is closed. We are blocking tankers, oil is sky-high, American companies are suffering and this conflict is nowhere near resolved.”
 
One result of Daffy Donald's war is Iran is now a more powerful nation in the M.E,. They have more power, more influence and more say so. Mr. Bluster fucked up again.
 
Nordberg said:
One result of Daffy Donald's war is Iran is now a more powerful nation in the M.E,. They have more power, more influence and more say so. Mr. Bluster fucked up again.
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One of his goals for this term is to be considered a major war hero. A successful wartime president. He envies FDR and Eisenhower.
 
Jarod said:
One of his goals for this term is to be considered a major war hero. A successful wartime president. He envies FDR and Eisenhower.
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Years ago. I read that Bush started the Iraq war to go down in history as a war president. We regular people, do not know how we would handle that. It seems Bush regrets it. Trump will never admit he made a mistake.
 
Nordberg said:
Years ago. I read that Bush started the Iraq war to go down in history as a war president. We regular people, do not know how we would handle that. It seems Bush regrets it. Trump will never admit he made a mistake.
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Trum is saying to his deceased father, "Look daddy, you never respected me, but now I am a war hero!"
 
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