US entered war with maximalist goals and exits it with pragmatic decision to end conflict despite political cost Middle East crisis – live updates US entered war with maximalist goals and exits it with pragmatic decision to end conflict despite political cost Middle East crisis – live updates As the adage goes: no plan of battle survives first contact with the enemy. Donald Trump entered the war with Iran with maximalist goals: eliminating the country’s nuclear programme, destroying its

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