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"path": "/2026/04/06/trump-risks-falling-in-to-the-asymmetric-resolve-trap-in-iran-just-as-presidents-before-him-did-elsewhere/",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-06T00:05:00.000Z",
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"tags": [
"Iran War 2026",
"Donald Trump",
"American Interventionism",
"Iran",
"Iran Conflict",
"US-Iran Crisis",
"US-Iran Relationship",
"Middle East",
"United States",
"US Politics",
"Trump 2.0",
"US Foreign Policy",
"Geopolitics",
"Asymmetric Resolve",
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"Barack Obama",
"Afghanistan",
"Talibans",
"George W. Bush",
"Iraq War",
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"textContent": "President Donald Trump faces a strategic stalemate in Iran as the Islamic Republic’s existential resolve mirrors past American military quagmires in Vietnam and Afghanistan.",
"title": "Trump risks falling in to the ‘asymmetric resolve’ trap in Iran − just as presidents before him did elsewhere"
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