American former Secretary of State Blinken believes that at this moment, the United States should stop and withdraw! Blinken said that there is a possible way to end the war with Iran: "directly declaring victory," then the United States and Iran would no longer fight, and the war would end. Blinken believes that first, Khamenei has died. Second, Iran's nuclear program and missile program have also been weakened. With these two points, the United States should coexist peacefully.
Blinken specifically stated that as for what will happen to Iran in the future, it should be decided by the Iranian people themselves. Obviously, as a core member of the Biden administration, Blinken's attitude is that the Trump administration should stop and withdraw. Of course, as an American traditional politician, what Blinken didn't say might be that if the United States doesn't withdraw now, it may find itself unable to back down later.
Although Blinken did not mention us, what he might actually want to say is that the United States should focus on containing China instead of being distracted by Iran. In fact, there is a huge concern in the U.S. political circle that if the United States does not withdraw in time, its strategy may shift from returning to the Indo-Pacific to being forced to return to the Middle East, which would make all previous efforts in vain.
Of course, Blinken spoke earnestly, but will the Trump administration listen? That remains uncertain. Because declaring victory would mean admitting that the U.S. cannot continue the war, which would be seen as backing down during an election year, damaging its tough image. Moreover, even if the U.S. doesn't want to fight, would Iran stop retaliating? This is obviously unlikely. It is clear that the U.S. has underestimated the complexity of the Iranian issue.
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