Watch | US-Iran: Is Trump Caught Between an Unwinnable War and an Unpalatable Peace?

Name: Watch | US-Iran: Is Trump Caught Between an Unwinnable War and an Unpalatable Peace? - The Wire
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Description: This is Karan Thapar's interview with US National Editor and Chief Commentator of the Financial Times, Edward Luce.

This is Karan Thapar's interview with US National Editor and Chief Commentator of the Financial Times, Edward Luce.

Karan Thapar

This is Karan Thapar's interview with US National Editor and Chief Commentator of the Financial Times, Edward Luce.

Where do things stand between Iran and the United States in West Asia? Is Donald Trump, the US president, caught between an unwinnable war and an unpalatable peace and doesn’t know what to do? Does he still have an appetite to escalate militarily? Or is he scared of the impact on the mid-term elections?

How serious is the Saudi-Houthi conflict? What are the implications of Houthi control of the Bab al-Mandab? And the damage done to the Saudi east-west pipeline?

In an interview for The Wire, Karan Thapar discusses these issues with US National Editor and Chief Commentator of the Financial Times, Edward Luce.

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