Iran expert says Trump's 'war of choice' has morphed into a 'war of necessity'

With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, policy expert Karim Sadjadpour says the war in Iran is becoming increasingly complicated: "I don't think President Trump ... understood what he was getting into."


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