THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Kourosh Ziabari) - What the ‘Iran Experts’ Didn’t Tell the White House
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Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs What the ‘Iran Experts’ Didn’t Tell the White House Despite its many problems, Iran remains a functional, cohesive state. Photo by Iranian Presidency/Anadolu via Getty Images With no end in sight, the war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran remains deeply unpopular. On the day it started, only 27 percent of Americans supported the unprovoked military operation that interrupted ongoing diplomatic talks. Five months later, that number has changed little, with 35 percent of the 4,505 U.S. adults polled by Reuters/Ipsos in early August saying they approved of the war. Even those in the West who don’t object on moral grounds continue to take issue with the obvious lack of strategy. Few…Open