Trump has admitted defeat on Iran war after historic blunder [View all]

The Iran "deal" is a tacit admission of strategic defeat by the Trump administration and of a failure to achieve nearly all of his war aims.

The US and Iran have agreed to stop fighting and to open the Strait of Hormuz. Everything else is being kicked down the road over 60 days of ceasefire and beyond.

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After a war that has cost an estimated $30bn, killed thousands and destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of US military hardware, have any of Trump's declared objectives been fulfilled?

Five big nos

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It has cost America's standing in the world dearly and left Iran potentially stronger.

It will go down as one of the greatest strategic blunders in US history.

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