Donald Trump is under pressure to spell out his vision for Iran amid the ongoing attacks on the country and reports of the first American casualties since the launch of unprovoked US and Israeli military strikes.

Trump’s critics are demanding that the White House provide greater clarity about what comes next. Opponents and analysts say the lack of a clear plan outlined so far has created a danger of the US being sucked into a long-lasting conflict of the sort that Trump repeatedly vowed to avoid.

"If the administration has a game plan, they have yet to reveal it, frankly,” said Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow and Iran specialist at the Middle East Institute in Washington.

“He’s going to have to move in the direction of a bigger political project, which isn’t just the military part, but a deeper conversation in his administration about what sort of regime change they could bring about.

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    I’m sure it’ll be fine; “concepts of a plan” are just as good as having an actual plan for enough of the population to get a fucking imbecile elected president a second time.

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    Long conflict is the plan.

    More money for bombs. Emergency powers for King Trump. Distraction from all domestic issues.

    Just oppression and death to feed the Epstein class.

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    When has the US gone to war with a credible plan and end game? Usually it is over optimistic or it is aimless.

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      Vietnam war had a plan, Democratic Vietnam would be able to eventually defend itself

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        Yep, with the small flaw that the US nursed an anti-democratic dictatorship in the process… which kind of led to the problem nobody was willing to defend it after the US retreated.

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    Of course it’s going to be a long war, the Military-Industrial complex demands it. Peace isn’t good for business, and Trump loves business.

    And it offers lots of opportunities for contract-steering graft.

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    Oh no, now he’ll feel compelled to institute martial law. Who could have eeeeeeeever seen this coming? Hopefully his plan fails.