Secretary of State Blinken said today (March 14): "Recent reports show that the Trump administration misjudged Iran's response to its attack. But if Tehran had maintained restraint last year, only to face more pressure and attacks, Iran would likely have drawn the opposite lesson: that restraint only leads to further escalation. Before this conflict broke out, I had warned that Iran's response this time might be entirely different."
Comment: Blinken's remarks point out the fatal misjudgment of the Trump administration's policy: relentless pressure and military strikes, viewing Iran's restraint as weakness, ultimately making Iran reach its breaking point. Iran no longer tolerates because it has realized that compromising and being restrained toward the United States will only lead to harsher suppression and more attacks, and will not bring any easing.
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