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Signs point to renewed major US military ops against Iran
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Signs → point → Iran
WASHINGTON – The United States appears to be preparing to resume large-scale strikes against Iran, but there is unlikely to be a military solution for either side in the devastating conflict, experts say.
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experts → appear → conflict
Washington and Tehran’s forces have settled into a pattern of strikes on commercial ships, with the United States seeking to enforce a blockade of Iran’s ports and the Islamic republic trying to exert control over the key Strait of Hormuz waterway.
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republic → settle → waterway
Neither country has engaged in major attacks on land-based targets since early September, but that may soon change.
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that → engage → September
“I’m banking now on the likelihood of strikes shortly after the midterms,” said Suzanne Maloney, director of the foreign policy programme at the Brookings Institution, referring to Nov 3 elections in the United States.
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Maloney → bank → States
She pointed to potential signs including the movement of additional US military assets and troops to the Middle East, warnings issued to Americans in the region, and a high alert status for Israeli forces.
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She → point → forces
Additionally, President Donald Trump “came out publicly and said that he wouldn’t strike before the midterms”, and “it wouldn’t seem to help him at the polls to do so”, Maloney said.
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Maloney → come → polls
The US-Israeli war against Iran is largely unpopular in the United States, especially because it has sharply driven up fuel prices, and is likely to be a drag on Trump’s Republican Party in the key vote.
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it → drive → vote
“Fundamentally, the situation isn’t sustainable in its current state,” Maloney said, noting that the US blockade is “creating greater pain for the Iranians”, while Washington has a large number of naval assets tied up in enforcing it.
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Washington → say → it
Trump said on Oct 23 that “we may do another little Epic Fury” – the name for the US operation against Iran that was launched in late February – if Tehran does not make a deal, but gave no indication on timing.
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Tehran → say → timing
Jason Campbell, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, said there have “certainly been recent signs that renewed strikes may be in the offing”, or that “the US is expecting strikes carried out by Iran” or their Houthi allies in Yemen.
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US → say → Yemen
He noted the planned deployment of the USS Theodore Roosevelt to the Middle East – which could at least temporarily bring the number of carrier strike groups there to three – as well as the decision to dispatch another Marine Expeditionary Unit to the region.
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which → note → region
Campbell also said Israeli warplanes recently carried out a “show of force” mimicking previous strikes on Iran, and noted that US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel.
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Hegseth → say → Israel
However, “timing here is impossible to predict”, he said of renewed strikes, while noting that “this is admittedly an expansive set of actions to take if the intent is to simply pressure Iran to the negotiating table”.
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intent → predict → table
Campbell said Trump’s options are more limited than they were earlier in the conflict, with damage to US bases in the region having made any potential ground operation more difficult.
“At this point, there is no safe place to stage the thousands (in some scenarios tens of thousands) of forces that would be required for such an operation,” he said.
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he → say → operation
Maloney meanwhile said that “most of the conventional military sites (in Iran) have already been heavily degraded” by previous strikes, meaning any new campaign will likely “entail more strikes on civilian infrastructure and targets that impact the Iranian population”.
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that → say → population
But that – or any type of military action – is unlikely to bring about a resolution to the conflict.
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that → bring → conflict
“From the start... this has been a war that can’t be ended with further escalation on either side,” Maloney said.
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Maloney → end → side
Campbell agreed, saying: “I do not see how renewed strikes on Iran akin to the first fifty days of the war will move the strategic needle for the Iranian regime.”
“They have demonstrated a willingness to absorb a significant amount of physical pain and even some alterations to targeting that includes key mixed or even civilian infrastructure will not significantly change this,” he added.
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he → agree → this
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