Hindustan Times Trump’s Arab Allies Hesitant Because They Know US Isn’t Sure As Iran Defies Trump’s Carrier Flood?

Is the Middle East on the brink of another American war or are we watching political theatre at carrier-strike-group scale? As Washington floods the region with ships and rhetoric, and Tehran answers with defiance, the headlines scream inevitability. But is a U.S.–Iran war actually coming? Or is this the familiar choreography of brinkmanship we’ve seen since the collapse of the Iran nuclear deal?

In this episode, we decode Donald Trump’s revived “maximum pressure” strategy, revisit the 2018 withdrawal from the nuclear agreement, and ask the uncomfortable question: has coercion ever forced Iran to capitulate? If bombing begins, what happens the day after? Regime change or nationalist backlash? And why are America’s own allies in the Middle East and Europe hesitant to sign up for another conflict?

From missile ranges to red lines, from symbolic retaliation to real escalation — this story separates posture from probability. Because sometimes the most dangerous moment in geopolitics isn’t when war begins. It’s when everyone assumes it will.

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