U.S. President Donald Trump has already lost his war against the mullah regime.
Military power alone cannot sustain global dominance, and attempts to assert it in the face of structural decline may hasten the very outcome they seek to prevent.
As soon as things become complicated, the U.S. president looks for a new spectacle.
Applauding the ringleader of an illegal war is not appropriate, as the prime minister of a peace-loving nation.
The deadline, instead of imposing decisiveness, may lead to prolonging tension and raising it to more complex levels.
Trump getting rid of this instrument would be illogical because it would undermine the entire existing alliance agreement.
Tehran is potentially leveraging the lack of appetite among the US electorate for a new war in the Middle East.