“Massive attack coming… wait, never mind, they want to negotiate.”That’s theater diplomacy on loop.Using bullying + broken promises + fake news as leverage is a failed strategy.Acknowledge the facts and fulfill your commitments. We don’t need more theater.

US president faces few good options to exit a war he once said would end swiftly with the Islamic republic’s surrender

With the war with Iran unresolved and his objectives unmet, U.S. President Donald Trump, confronting a resolute yet risk-tolerant Iran, has found himself in a strategic cul-de-sac