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Iran war's failures may offer an enduring silver lining: Middle East experts
Trump’s War Failed. The Damage Was Still Real.The DecisionDonald Trump held the actual power here. He chose to start the war, he chose to join Israel’s effort against Tehran, and he chose the limits of the campaign. That is the basic fact the source reporting keeps clear even as the op-ed around it tries to turn failure into a civic lesson.The result was not a strategic victory or a clean deterrent. It was a war that damaged U.S. military assets, failed to topple or incapacitate the Iranian regime, left the Strait of Hormuz under Tehran’s control, and still ended with the nuclear problem…
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