Why Iran Believes It Has the Upper Hand

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What is the status of America's war with Iran? If you are trying to follow it through what President Trump is saying, you are going to be, I have become, hopelessly lost. Trump within a single day will veer wildly between saying the war is almost over and that he is preparing to escalate it dramatically, that negotiations are going great. and that there's no one to talk to, that Iran must open the Strait of Hormuz, and that America doesn't care if it's closed. On Wednesday night in a nationally televised address, Trump sought to finally clear the fog, to make the path forward clear.

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