https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/19/iran-politics-strategy-war-sanctions-hormuz/. "Kissinger’s error in #Vietnam was not escalation, it was the assumption that the other side shared his definition of #victory. The #Trump administration now faces the same bind: It cannot end the war on terms it can defend domestically, & it cannot exit without a framework that #Tehran is currently refusing to provide. The longer the #confrontation drags on, the more the pain spreads beyond #Iran."