President Donald Trump successfully leveraged a short, sharp burst of highly targeted military force against Iran’s nuclear program.
The United States’s airstrikes have caused significant damage to three key Iranian nuclear facilities. Alongside broader Israeli military action, the Iranian nuclear program has likely been set back by a period of at least 18 months. Notably, Iran’s overt retaliation consisted only of a limited and deliberately casualty-avoidant ballistic missile attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar. Trump then agreed to a ceasefire with Iran and pressured Israel into a similar ceasefire with Tehran. At least for now, that ceasefire is holding. I wrongly believed this conflict would escalate before it cooled to a quick, peaceful conclusion.
Nevertheless, the phrase “at least for now” should be forefront
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