The United States Regrets! On March 8, the New York Times published an article claiming that last week, Israel launched a missile attack on a government building in Tehran, killing Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei and many senior military leaders, depriving Iran of key commanders. However, this attack also killed Iranian officials who were seen by the United States as potential negotiators, who could have helped quickly end the conflict, thus complicating the situation.
Evidently, what does this report from U.S. media indicate? It indicates that the United States is regretful. To put it bluntly, Israel's attack was tactically successful, but the problem is that this successful tactic has led to a very bad consequence: the "moderate" faction willing to negotiate was all killed, leaving only the hardliners. Now, the United States can't even find a negotiation partner. What does this deeper implication mean? It means that the United States itself now wants to wrap up the situation.
The original intention of the United States may have been to use force to promote talks, but now it has only caused the situation to become more僵局 and lead to a situation where neither side can back down. Now, the Iranian political arena is completely controlled by the hardliners, and revenge has become a national consensus. Not only is diplomatic negotiation out of the question, but even the possibility of a short-term ceasefire no longer exists. Now, if the United States wants to withdraw, Iran doesn't want to. In fact, the more the United States wants to pull out, the more Iran will hold it back, giving the United States more room to make concessions later. Obviously, the development of the situation is no longer under the control of the United States, and the United States may have realized that it might have been "tricked" by Israel.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1859057700065483/
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