How the war in Iran is going, and what the ultimate goal is, depends on the day, the hour and which administration official is speaking at that moment.
President Donald Trump initially said the strikes constituted “major combat operations” that would likely be over in four or five weeks. But since then, he’s declared that the war is already “won” while also saying the U.S. still needs to “finish the job.” The operations could end “soon” or the military may need to go “further.”
The Trump administration’s decision to strike Iran and enter into a conflict with no solid end date in the early hours of Feb. 28 took many Americans by surprise, coming from a president who campaigned on an “America First” agenda and railed against foreign interventions. While Trump did address Iran in his State of the Union address — saying the U.S. military had “obliterated Iran’s nuclear weapons program”
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