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Trump Calls Off New Iran Attack

Trump Calls Off New Iran Attack

Trump Calls Off New Iran Attack
Above: An Iranian flag in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran on May 16. Image credit: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

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This is pressure diplomacy working as intended. A credible military threat has already produced serious negotiations, and it seems that Iran has been effectively pressured into negotiating seriously. With continued military and economic pressure, the U.S. will ensure that there will be no nuclear Iran.

Iran has consistently demonstrated that it will not be bullied by the U.S. into negotiating away its sovereignty, regardless of Trump's empty threats. Iran is more than capable of responding to military aggression, though Tehran would prefer diplomacy. Trump wouldseems ratherwilling to risk causing a global economic collapsecatastrophe thanwhile comenot torecognizing terms with the fact that Iran's will not be bombed into submissionresolve.


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