Rosemary Kelanic, the director of the Middle East Program at Washington-based think thank Defense Priorities, said it was “hard to discern a strategy” based on messaging out of the White House, but “actions speak louder than words and the U.S. is still sending more forces” to the region.
“And that suggests to me that there is still a real chance of escalation, which would get the U.S. into a deeper mess, probably wouldn’t end the war, would be costly, [and] would prolong the conflict,” she said.
The U.S. has not announced a decision to send troops into Iran, but Dr Kelanic said the war has demonstrated the “military capabilities, cost and risk tolerance of each side”.
“This war has revealed information that has made Iran’s bargaining power stronger and weakened U.S. bargaining power,” she said.
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