CNN: Trump is edging towards another American ‘forever war’ in Iran
The conflict, described as a potential 'forever war,' escalates as Iran uses the Strait of Hormuz for economic leverage, impacting global oil and gas transit.
- President Trump has escalated pressure on Iran through expansive air strikes and diplomatic rollbacks, yet avoids large ground troop commitments while failing to reach stated goals of regime change or nuclear disarmament.
- Dating to the 1979 fall of the Shah, Trump frames the conflict as concluding a 47-year rivalry; critics argue his actions deepen a parallel confrontation between Israel and Iran played out via regional proxies.
- Despite over 13,000 military strikes intended to degrade capabilities, Iran has survived and reconstituted its forces, illustrating air power's limits in achieving regime change and complicating the administration's strategic goals.
- Tehran maintains significant economic leverage by closing the Strait of Hormuz, a critical bottleneck through which about 25% of global oil passes, indicating fully free transit through the region is likely over.
- Analysts warn the conflict risks becoming a protracted "forever war," drawing parallels to inconclusive engagements in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan as the administration lacks a sustainable settlement strategy.
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Pentagon officials fear Trump trapped US in 'forever war' thanks to his Obama vendetta
President Donald Trump has become trapped in a “forever war” with Iran not because of some strategic goal, but because of a personal vendetta against one specific person: former President Barack Obama. This is according to Salon White House columnist Brian Karem, who on Friday wrote, “I think it’s obvious Donald Trump cannot and will not end the war he started with Iran. I don’t think it has a chance of ending until he’s out of office.” What’s m…
Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh, CNN It's the ultimate sanction. But somehow, for President Donald Trump—who in his day sought the Nobel Peace Prize for ending wars—military force has become a casual measure, a kind of side effect used to persuade The Post By threatening inordinately with military might against Iran, Trump could have provoked his own eternal war appeared first on KVIA.
Trump is edging towards another American ‘forever war’ in Iran
It is the ultimate sanction. But somehow for President Donald Trump – who once sought a Nobel Peace Prize for ending wars – military force has become a casual measure, a kind of background effect used to cajole Iran into diplomacy.
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