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Thinking About the Unthinkable: Iran's Grand Plan to End U.S. Presence in the Middle East

Thinking About the Unthinkable: Iran's Grand Plan to End U.S. Presence in the Middle East

Iran and Donald Trump have each explained why failure to fight the current war to the end would simply lead to a new set of mutual attacks. Trump announced on March 6 that “There will be no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender,” and announced that he must have a voice in naming or at least approving Iran’s new leader, as he has just done in Venezuela. “If the U.S. military must utterly defeat it and bring about a regime change, or else you go through this, and then in five years you realize you put somebody in who’s no better.” It will take at least that long for America to replace the weaponry that has been depleted, rebuild its radar and related installations and mount a new war.

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Trump could declare victory in Iran today: Atlantic Council - CNBC

Trump could declare victory in Iran today: Atlantic Council - CNBC

Jonathan Panikoff, director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council, says that Iran's nuclear capabilities, ballistic missile program, and navy have all been diminished significantly in the last week, but that US and Israel have likely not yet achieved their broader strategic goal of regime change in Iran. He also discusses the newly appointed Supreme Leader in Iran and how this signifies a hardline stance for the country.

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