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When military pressure is tied to an adversary's cooperation without defining what that cooperation requires, the conflict has no visible exit.
The United States launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran as fighting across the Middle East intensified, and President Donald Trump said the conflict could escalate further if Iran fails to cooperate.
That is the precise failure mode analysts are warning about when they say this conflict risks becoming a "forever war." The escalation loop The structure of Trump's warning matters.
Further escalation depends on Iranian cooperation. does not control that variable. If Tehran does not meet the cooperation threshold, strikes continue or intensify.
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