What will US do if Iranian regime keeps holding out, if sustained bombing starts producing terrible images of ordinary Iranians’ suffering, if no credible interlocutor is found to start mediation?
As the conflict between US, Israel and Iran stretches into its second week, one uncomfortable truth becomes increasingly visible: this is not a single strike episode, but the opening phase of a sustained military campaign.
What began as calibrated coercion has evolved into a structured effort to alter strategic behaviour. The question is no longer whether force has been demonstrated. It is whether force can achieve the political end-state that Washington seeks.
What began as calibrated coercion has evolved into a structured effort to alter strategic behaviour. The question is no longer whether force has been demonstrated. It is whether force can achieve the political end-state that Washington seeks.