Trump’s top general is ‘looking for an off-ramp’ from Iran war as US military options remain limited, sources say | CNN Politics
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Over the last few weeks, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine has privately made clear to other top Trump advisers that the US needs to find an off-ramp from the war with Iran — because the military options on the table to escalate the conflict could backfire and airpower alone is unlikely to achieve President Donald Trump’s stated objectives, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
    • Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      Russia and Israel have it a bit harder to just stop, they are in a ground war, which requires a tactical retreat. On the other hand the US is using an aircraft carrier and navy which could literally sail away and be gone in like 6 hours

    • eyesaremosaics@lemmy.zip
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      12 days ago

      True, but one reason they don’t is that Iran decided, well how about we just take control of the strait and charge tolls, and the US/Israel is now shocked Pikachu face. Which was a deterrent before, but they kind of got forced into acting on their deterrents. So stopping now leaves Iran in a stronger position and US the obvious losers.

      Their other options? Well it’s a bit of a shit sandwich, but at the moment they’re just in denial until they one day give up and eat it. Or turn it into another forever war like Afghanistan just out of denial they are in a shitty losing position