Army strategist Bryan Clark examines shifting battle goals, escalation traps, and whether or not Iran is now extra harmful to the US.
As combating pauses in the US–Israel battle on Iran, army strategist Bryan Clark tells Discuss to Al Jazeera that Washington’s targets have saved shifting, from regime change to claims of success. He argues that the US escalated too far too quick, fell into an “escalation entice”, and will have left Iran with its strongest lever but: the specter of disrupting the Strait of Hormuz.
Revealed On 19 Apr 2026
