With the Middle East on tenterhooks anticipating a new round of US-Israeli strikes on Iran, President Trump has further compounded the equation through his ambiguous stance on a plausible diplomatic initiative in the region. A battered White House incumbent, apparently staring down a projected defeat in the midterm polls, once again raised the stakes by expressing hope that the war with Iran would end soon - though he did not say how. He did, however, voice optimism that the Islamic Republic would not cross the nuclear........

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