“It is a kind of whiplash in terms of policy,” said Jennifer Kavanagh, a senior fellow and director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, a foreign policy think tank in Washington. “This whole back and forth is evidence the Trump administration did not expect this to last this long.”
“But blockades are not quick fixes,” Ms. Kavanagh said. She has argued that Iran can probably withstand the pressure because they work slowly.
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