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Source: https://www.thejc.com/opinion/trumps-time-advantage-they-key-to-the-iran-war-strategy-hc1rw6pz
After the War, Renewed U.S. Military Action Will Remain an Ongoing Possibility for Iran
(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Yaakov Katz - Donald Trump has nearly three years remaining in office, and that fact alone impacts the calculus in Tehran in ways that should not be underestimated. Even if the regime manages to survive the current war and begins, as it inevitably will, to rebuild its capabilities over the coming months and years, it will be doing so under the shadow of a president who has time and determination to act again. Trump will not want to leave office in 2029 with Iran back on track. This reality - known to the Iranians - creates a strategic window during which the regime will need to consider not only how to survive the current conflict, but how to operate in a reality in which renewed military action remains an ongoing possibility for years to come. From a purely military perspective, what has been achieved over the past weeks is nothing short of extraordinary. Israel has managed to establish air superiority over a country nearly 2,000 km. away, with its air force operating over Tehran with a level of freedom that would have been difficult to imagine not long ago. Iran's senior military leadership has been systematically targeted and degraded, while key components of its defense-industrial base have been struck - not only the missile launchers, but the factories, supply chains, and infrastructure that sustain them. The writer is a co-founder of the MEAD policy forum and a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute.