The Iran War is a Hostage Crisis

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“America held hostage!” That grim nightly message from ABC’s Ted Koppel transfixed the nation during the Iran hostage crisis nearly five decades ago. You can almost hear a similar chorus now during the Iran crisis – with an impatient edge that’s making the United States’ predicament even worse. Let’s examine how the Iran war became what is essentially a hostage crisis: President Donald Trump joined Israel on Feb. 28 in an assault on Iran that demonstrated masterful military tactics but poor

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