Iran Is Playing the Long Game to Exhaust the U.S. — So Far It’s Working | Vali Nasr
March 20, 2026
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as posted by the channelThree weeks into the war on Iran, the conflict is expanding more than ever.
The Strait of Hormuz is closed, energy infrastructure is under attack, and U.S. bases are increasingly vulnerable. Israel and Washington are escalating.
According to Middle East expert Vali Nasr, this is actually all part of Iran's strategy.
Iran isn’t trying to win quickly. To “win” is to survive — and for that it wants to make the war longer, more expensive, and politically unsustainable for the United States.
In this conversation with Rania Khalek, Nasr explains:
-Why Trump gets weaker the longer the war extends
-How energy and Hormuz became the central battlefield
-What Washington fundamentally miscalculated
-Why regime change is unlikely
-The role of Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iraqi factions
-And whether any real off-ramp still exists
-If this war continues, the consequences won’t just be regional, they will be global.
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