Iran is Binyamin Netanyahu’s war. Will Donald Trump end it? • Paul Rogers
Posted: 23rd March 2026
Iran is Binyamin Netanyahu’s war. Will Donald Trump end it? • Paul Rogers
It is now glaringly obvious that Israel and the United States seriously underestimated the Iran war.
While Donald Trump and Binyamin Netanyahu succeeded in assassinating the supreme leader, they failed to deliver regime termination; the popular revolt they hoped for didn’t materialise, and the Iranian government continues, showing little sign of defeat or willingness to negotiate.
In particular, the US and Israel underestimated Iran’s power to bring to a halt the shipping of much of the world’s oil. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have had decades to prepare a survivable means of closing the Strait of Hormuz, and it should be assumed that it can maintain the closure for weeks, or even months, regardless of military actions taken by the US and Israel…