Fourteen days into Operation Epic Fury, the most consequential American military campaign in the Middle East since the invasion of Iraq, the Trump administration has yet to say what victory will actually look like. The president has variously toggled between declaring Iran has “practically nothing left,” indicating that the conflict would be right around the corner, and telling Kentucky rally-goers that we need to “finish the job” so that we don’t have to go back and do this all over again later down the road.
The campaign is succeeding, but that will ultimately make little difference if we stop before the job is done. That might be a general rule of thumb, but it is especially the case given the makeup of the Islamic Republic.
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