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Few doubt that in the first days of the new war in the Middle East, the initiative belonged to the US and its ally Israel. Now it seems less sure, however.

Mohsen Rezaee, a senior officer in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, on Sunday said “the end of the war is in our hands” and called for the withdrawal of Washington’s forces from the Gulf and compensation for all damage caused by the assault.

Three weeks ago, it appeared unlikely that Tehran’s senior officials would ever sound quite so confident.

The US and Israel prove each day their massive conventional military superiority with more strikes on Iran, but it could appear the initiative is slipping away from them.

Donald Trump has given multiple timelines for the duration of the conflict, but in recent days has suggested it would only end after Iran has been forced to make concessions. Many analysts believe the US is getting trapped in a much longer war than it wanted.

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[-] PrinceOfSloth@lemmy.zip 47 points 17 hours ago

Israel doesn't care, they get to genocide Palestinians and Lebanese while this goes on.

[-] Darnton@piefed.zip 12 points 16 hours ago

Not that it stopped them before this war started either.

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

It distracts the world while they ramp up their take over large areas of the West Bank.

[-] krimson@lemmy.world 20 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Trump has now said other countries should aid the US in protecting the strait. It is not going well at all.

This was really badly prepared and executed and we're yet again paying the price for the brainfarts of the senile orange pedophile.

[-] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Hurry up, we've been waiting forever...

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