Iran Has Offered Trump an ‘Off-Ramp’ from War, And There’s Growing Speculation He Might Take It
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Sources in Iran say if US doesn't retaliate then Iran will also de-escalate. But if it does, then it's war.
IRGC statements reflect same.#Iran #Iraq #Alasad— Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) January 8, 2020
- Iran Has Offered Trump an ‘Off-Ramp’ from War, And There’s Growing Speculation He Might Take It
by https://theweek.com/
Fears (and in some quarters, hopes) that self-styled “counterpuncher” President Trump would effectively declare war on Iran after Tehran fired ballistic missiles at Iraqi military bases housing U.S. troops Tuesday evening slowly abated as the tense night wore on. The White House announced Trump wouldn’t make any official statement Tuesday, the U.S. military said there appeared to be no U.S. casualties, a grammatically correct tweet from Trump’s account proclaimed “all is well!” with the Iran situation, and news emerged from Iran that it considered the missile strikes just revenge for the U.S. killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif made that statement somewhat official:
Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched.
We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression.
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 8, 2020
- Some Iran observers, like Iranian-American journalist Yashar Ali, were deeply skeptical that Tehran was done avenging Soleimani’s death, but other Trump watchers suggested that if it turns out no Americans were killed by Iran’s precision missiles, Trump might actually take the proffered “off-ramp” from war with Iran.
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