From the very beginning of the US–Israel–Iran war, the central question has been deceptively simple: who will win, and how will it end? Yet with each passing day, the answers seem to grow more uncertain.

Only a week ago, speaking from the White House, US President Donald Trump projected confidence. In his first televised national address since launching the operation in late February, he assured Americans that the war was moving swiftly toward its objectives.

“Over the next two to three weeks, we're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong,” he said, emphasizing that the conflict remained far shorter than wars such as the Second World War or Vietnam.

But developments on the ground tell a more complicated story. Reports of downed US aircraft over Iran’s Isfahan province during a rescue operation have underscored the risks of escalation. What was initially framed as a controlled military campaign increasingly resembles a conflict with no clear off-ramp.

Seems like Washington found itself in a quicksand-type situation. The more they do something, the deeper they go down.

Now there is indeed a key component here, that Trump's indication that he may send troops to seize control of Iran's key oil export terminal at Kharg Island in the........

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