By pursuing a big 'win' in Iran, Trump is destined to lose
Responsible Statecraft · middle east
President Donald Trump, seeing the success of the U.S. Navy’s operation in the Strait of Hormuz in blocking most of Iran’s imports and oil exports while restoring some of the non-Iranian oil trade through the strait, evidently does not regard the conflict with Iran as stalemated. The current situation regarding the flow of oil and distribution of economic pain is actually more complicated and does not constitute a one-sided U.S. advantage, but Trump clearly believes that continuing to squeeze Iran through measures such as a naval blockade — an act of war — will increase U.S. leverage and yield
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