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Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University

Sanctions and bombs won’t end the war in Iran. Trump is running out of options against an intractable foe

President Donald Trump has entangled the United States in a war of choice with Iran that he cannot easily win or quit.

The war was meant to be what Trump called “a little excursion” that would be over within a few weeks. But it is now into its seventh month, with no end in sight.

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