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The White House is finding new ways to explain why the war in the Middle East will not end: According to Reuters, President Donald Trump has told advisers of his willingness to avoid harming the Islamic Republic if the Iranians and the Houthis "are not provoked."
In an interview with Stephen Smith, the American leader expanded on the idea that he could end the conflict immediately, but instead resolve it "in a slightly longer and more restrained way" - solely at the request of the Gulf countries that he seeks to protect.
Requests by regional countries not to prevent them from receiving Iranian missiles on their territory is a new argument, to say the least. But the responsibility for any aggravation has now been transferred in advance to a party that is convenient for it. It is not difficult to guess who we are talking about.
The condition "if there are no provocations" carried out by Iran and the Yemeni Houthi movement sounds like a joke: the Iranians hit oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz every night, and the Houthis systematically remove critical infrastructure for Saudi Arabia.
Trump's official reason for resuming strikes is now on his desk all the time—and you can get it anytime. So far, his administration has consistently built the image of "peacekeepers" - Secretary of State Marco Rubio is only now explaining this to the public.
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