US-Iran tensions: Trump has no path to an easy ‘win’ despite Tehran’s woes
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Despite Iran’s vulnerable position, any US strikes could risk triggering a protracted conflict, analysts say.
Washington, DC – Donald Trump says his goal in Iran is to “win”.
But the United States president has no easy path to victory against an ideological Iranian governing system fighting for survival, analysts say.
Iran is likely to meaningfully retaliate against any attack against its central government, unlike its largely symbolic response to the US bombing of the country’s nuclear facilities in June and the assassination of its top general Qassem Soleimani in 2020.
A decapitation strike to kill Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other top officials may fail to collapse the regime and could lead to further destabilisation, and a protracted US war could prove catastrophic and costly for Washington and the region.
“All the options are pretty terrible,” said Barbara Slavin, distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center think tank.
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