The war in Iran currently falls under 40% approval, perhaps the least popular war America has ever started. Even without Iran’s extreme geostrategic advantage, shooting from the hip can’t change regimes or end nuclear programs. So Iran will wait us out and they will inflict pain when they want and as targets present. Iran can and will inflict economic pain, and the U.S. and Israel can inflict physical pain. Maybe that’s the real “Trump corollary” for foreign policy practitioners: You can’t win a war you can’t explain.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 31, 2026 19:06 UTC