How Trump's Iran operation turned into a forever war

As the United States has struggled to secure its four primary objectives in the Iran War — achieving regime change, dismantling long-range ballistic missiles, eliminating nuclear enrichment, and halting Tehran’s support for regional proxies — U.S. officials have rolled out a series of tried-and-failed theories for how to achieve those goals. In the past four weeks, Americans have watched their government attempt to inflict an economic victory against Iran through Operation Economic Outcast, tightening a sanctions regime which for decades has strangled Iran’s economy without resolving the under