It seemed cut and dry Saturday evening, as three sites central to Iran’s nuclear program were pummeled by U.S. weaponry, that war in the Middle East had ensnared America once again and the prospect of another prolonged, costly struggle was likely.
But as the president and his top deputies laid out their own vision for the future, they described a one-and-done effort to set Iran’s weapon development efforts back “years” while claiming that the administration remained committed to avoiding a Bush-style invasion aimed at toppling the Iranian government.
