
Why the US nonetheless fears a full-scale struggle with Iran
Trump, throughout his first time period, took the other method. He tore up the nuclear settlement, doubled down on ‘most strain’ sanctions and ordered audacious strikes, together with the 2020 assassination of Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s strongest normal. But even Trump, confronted with Iran’s retaliatory missile barrage that injured dozens of US troops, stopped wanting launching…