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vanessa_ca

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Thu Mar 12, 2026, 04:26 PM Yesterday

"this is probably going to go down as the most disastrous air campaign in history." Robert Pape (Breaking Points) [View all]

Trump IS TRAPPED In Iran Escalation Nightmare with Robert Pape
Robert Pape is a renowned political scientist and director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats. He has advised every White House since 9/11 on military strategy and is the author of Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War.



He told them in a phone interview yesterday, the war with Iran will end soon because quote, "There is practically nothing left to target. Little this and that. Anytime I want it to end, it will end." He said during the five-minute call....

This is what I call the victory narrative, but it's meeting escalation reality. And the reality is that he's one actor in the system now. But Iran is another actor who's actually driving the escalation pretty strongly. So, if he's wants to shut this war down, he's got to shut down the attacks on Iran. Well, he's already tried to break Iran. That's not working. So, what's he going to give Iran to get them to stop?"
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