Trump went out of his way to signal that Saturday’s U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities were a targeted, one-off campaign, not the beginning of a broader effort to topple the regime Rosemary Kelanic, director of the Middle East program at the think tank Defense Priorities told Newsweek.
“Iran seems to have taken that off-ramp and responded with an expected and telegraphed counterattack,” she said, referring to Monday’s strikes by Iran on a U.S. military site in Qatar.
Kelanic said Tehran’s choice to limit its retaliation and deescalate the crisis was rational given overwhelming U.S. strength and Iranian weakness. “It is also welcome news that President Trump refocused his efforts on peace not only between the U.S. and Iran, but also Israel and Iran,” she added.
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