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Key elements of the Trump administration’s arguments this week for another military campaign against Iran do not hold up.
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In an email to embassy workers Friday morning, Ambassador Mike Huckabee warned them that if they wanted to leave Israel, they “should do so TODAY.”
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Some officials in the Trump administration hope an attack would force Iran to give up its nuclear enrichment program. Others have doubts.
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President Trump has kept up a steady drumbeat of threats and built up U.S. troops in the region. Iran’s task is to give him a win but also preserve some semblance of nuclear enrichment.
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The government in Tehran sees capitulating to Washington’s demands on uranium enrichment and ballistic missiles as riskier to its survival than going to war, analysts say.
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The top negotiators plan to meet in Geneva on Thursday for last-ditch talks, debating a new proposal that could create an off-ramp as two carrier groups massed within striking distance of Iran.
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The comments by Iran’s foreign minister on Friday contradicted the Trump administration’s position.
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Within days of the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities last year, all sides agreed to a cease-fire. This time could be different.
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Rarely in modern times has the United States prepared to conduct a major act of war with so little explanation or public debate.
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President Trump has given no indication that he has made a decision about how to proceed, as diplomatic talks continue.
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