Administration hasn’t learned lessons of Iran’s decades-old stalemate with neighbor

By: Roger Chesley

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: March 25, 2026

Words: 494

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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President Donald Trump and his administration, in the ongoing war they’ve launched alongside Israel, acted as if they were going to crush Iran quickly and with meager resistance.

The U.S. leadership must be clueless about Iranian resolve – including going back less than half a century.

Trump and his advisors should have heeded the warnings of Democrats in Congress, including Virginia’s U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, whose resolution to end military actions in Iran except …

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