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Trump’s lesson from risky rescue: Threaten to go harder at Iran
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US President Donald Trump appears on the cusp of another escalation, this time to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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David E. Sanger
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WASHINGTON – After celebrating the remarkable rescue of an injured American weapons officer from his mountain hideout in Iran, US President Donald Trump might have taken the hair-raising episode as a warning about the risks of expanding the war, especially as he considers possible ground operations inside Iranian territory.
