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Trump's flawed intelligence finally catching up with him as strategy crumbles
Trump Backed Off Because the War Was Bad Policy, Not Because It Was WorkingThe article’s basic facts are simple: Trump threatened a third night of strikes on Iran, then postponed them while claiming negotiations had advanced. Tehran said nothing was finalized, and the reported deal sounds closer to a memorandum for future talks than any real settlement.The Real Power Was Never in the HandshakeThe story tries to linger on diplomacy, but the actual center of gravity is power. Trump made the decision to threaten force, and he made the decision to step back. Iran did not “convince” him with…
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