Tehran has not been bombed into submission, leaving America unable to enforce its demands without a ground war that it does not want
Has Iran won a war it didn’t start against the United States? It is not a victory in any conventional military sense: about 3,500 Iranians have been reported killed and the US-led bombing has caused anywhere between $150bn and $270bn of damage.
Yet Donald Trump’s decision to pause, rather than intensify, the 13-night summer bombing campaign in effect represents a degree of recognition that the US cannot achieve its stated goals by military power alone.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor.
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