More than four months in, the Iran war once again shows why presidents should be wary of starting wars of choice based on wishful thinking and without an obvious exit strategy.
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After Iran’s attacks on merchant shipping killed the ceasefire, Trump said he would reimpose the U.S. blockade and resume air strikes. But with no military path to regime change and the war already deeply unpopular at home, the president faces the same strategic dilemmas that have defined the confli…