The escalating conflict in the Middle East reveals a grave miscalculation. As Professor Vali Nasr warns, Iran is playing a long game—gaining leverage as time erodes U.S. and Israeli defenses. Strikes on vital energy infrastructure have already fueled instability and soaring oil prices.
This is also an extremely unpopular war. Across Europe and the United States, public anger is rising at being drawn into what many see as an unnecessary conflict, with gas and food prices surging.
Yet Washington appears ready to deepen involvement, committing more troops and vast sums to a war it cannot control. Meanwhile, diplomacy remains sidelined despite signals for negotiation.
This is not a war of necessity, but one of misjudgment—and the longer it continues, the higher the cost.
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