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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has predicted that the Iran war will end “very soon”. Yet the facts on the ground belie this assumption.
While speaking in Ireland on Saturday, the American leader repeated that in his calculation, the conflict would wind down “right after election time”, referring to US midterm polls in November. However, much can happen between now and November, and wars are not cut-and-dry affairs that can be ended with the push of a button.
If he is serious about concluding the war, Mr Trump should immediately reach out to the Iranians to achieve a negotiated solution.
After all, there is much to worry about as the war — and its connected conflicts — have spread across the Middle East.
