President Trump’s speech to the nation on the Iran war was both an update and an attempt to buy time. He needs it until he either concludes successful negotiations with Iran or decides to further punish it if the shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz remain closed.
Trump’s threat to further “decimate” Iran by destroying its economic infrastructure may be real enough. But it can’t be implemented until the USS George H. W. Bush Carrier Strike Group arrives in the Persian Gulf area between April 8 and 14. That adds the armament of a third U.S. carrier to the two already in position.
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