Victor Davis Hanson, NRO: U.S. Holds All the Cards in the Showdown with Iran
In May 2018, the Donald Trump administration withdrew the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran, popularly known as the Iran nuclear deal.
The U.S. then ramped up sanctions on the Iranian theocracy to try to ensure that it stopped nuclear enrichment. The Trump administration also hoped a strapped Iran would become less capable of funding terrorist operations in the Middle East and beyond, proxy wars in the Persian Gulf, and the opportune harassment of ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 20, 2019
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Will Trump Triumph in Iran? -- Hunter DeRensis, National Interest
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