US' re-imposition of sanctions on Iran was a major strategic blunder. It reinvigorated Iranian hardliners, whose apparent response – attacks on Persian Gulf shipping– was entirely predictable. Trump administration needs to re-acquaint itself w/ US national interests. War with Iran is not among them.
by the commitments it made in 2015. It opened its nuclear sites to inspection, dismantled most of its centrifuges, handed its uranium stocks to Russia, and even poured concrete into the reactor core that might have given it weapons-grade plutonium.
Iranian hardliners are finding a receptive audience for their more worrying message. Until it develops a And unlike in Iraq, the Trump administration’s jilting of US allies means America would fight virtually alone. The list of conceivable partners is short: Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.Source: CSIS, 2018; https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/181212_Iran_GCC_Balance.Report.pdfTrump’s other card is the fomenting of a popular uprising that deposes the theocratic regime. Despite his administration’s best efforts,Equally undermined.
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