US entered war with maximalist goals and exits it with pragmatic decision to end conflict despite political cost
As the adage goes: no plan of battle survives first contact with the enemy.
Donald Trump entered the war with Iran with maximalist goals: eliminating the country’s nuclear programme, destroying its ballistic missile programme and ending its support for regional military groups including Hezbollah and Hamas.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Andrew Roth in Washington.
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