Deadline here, now what?

War isn’t ending because both US and Iran want to claim victory. To win decisively, Trump needs boots on the ground, but that’s risky. Bombing Iran infra to bits won’t dismantle Iranian regime. Extending deadline again will be read as sign of Trump’s weakness

Five weeks into the illegal US and Israeli war on Iran, escalation seems to be the direction of travel. Hours before his ‘deadline’ lapses, Trump’s Truth Social post, using profanity, showed a president ruffled like rarely before. Trump’s inconsistent statements leave various options open: he spoke of “bombing  Iran back to the stone ages”, yet says war will be over very soon. That comes even as thousands of US soldiers are arriving in the region, raising the possibility of boots on the ground inside Iran.

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