Ahead of the operation, which a U.S. official said is expected to run through at least the weekend in a multiday pressure campaign, Vice President JD Vance told The Washington Post that there was “no chance” that U.S. action would result in the United States becoming involved in a years-long, drawn-out war. Vance said confidently on Thursday that it would not turn into the kind of conflict the vice president has harshly criticized. “The idea that we’re going to be in a Middle Eastern war for years with no end in sight — there is no chance that will happen,” he told The Post in an interview as he returned to Washington from an event in Wisconsin, effectively pushing back against predictions by some foreign policy experts that there would be no easy out if America got involved in a bigger conflict with Iran.

Source: Washington Post February 28, 2026 14:06 UTC