@Doranimated, you said with @GadiTaub1 drones and oil prices made Trump do a 180, and it was unproductive to say he Obamaized.
More convincing hypothesis below. Iran is so degraded Trump risks losing a counterweight to Israel. Missing this strategic clash is worse.
Lord Curzon said that the British Empire should always prevent the emergence of a European hegemon, and therefore must support Europe's secondary power vs. the first one, no matter who each may be. This applies also to the US empire and to the Middle East. With Iran on the ropes, Israel became the region's Hegemon, and so the US Empire had to maintain a counter balance. But who? Egypt is bankrupt, Turkey is not in the league (as Mr. Fidan admitted), and Jordan is a basket case. Only Iran + Hezbollah + Hamas remain. So the US Empire could not afford a victory over them-- it needs them all to hem in Israel's hegemony. No, this cannot be mentioned in polite company, but as Mr. Luttwak knows, Strategy is a hard mistress.
@alono88 לא הפעם הראשונה של ויניגר. אחרי שהמניה קרסה פוסט-קורונה, הזמין עובדים חדשים להצטרף ״במחיר מציאה.״ לעובדים הקיימים שהאופציות שלהם התרסקו הוא לא התייחס.