US-Iran: What is next? (David Hale – Middle East Institute)

While most international media are focused on what will happen today or this week between America and Iran, the real story is much bigger—the complete turning of the tables on Iran. While the headlines focus on whether Trump’s ceasefire will hold, too many commentators are losing sight of the fact that Iran is trying to surrender (without saying so) before it suffers further humiliating defeats. Of course there will be a ceasefire; Iran cannot take much more, and Israel has reached its stated purpose of eliminating for now the prospect of an Iranian nuclear weapons program. The issue is: what happens next strategically?

US-Iran: What is next? | Middle East Institute