Trump rejected the timetable for the resumption of operations with Iraq as a “military conflict”

ON 14 JULY, ACCORDING TO CNN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRUMP, ON MONDAY, DESCRIBED THE RESUMPTION OF UNITED STATES BOMBING OPERATIONS AGAINST IRAN AS A “MILITARY CONFLICT”, DENYING THAT IT MARKED A NEW, LONG-TERM PHASE IN THE FIGHTING, BUT THAT HIS REFUSAL INDICATED HOW LONG THE CONFLICT WOULD LAST. TRUMP SAID: “WE MUST DO WHAT WE DO NOW. WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENED THEIR CAPABILITIES, BUT THEY WILL RESIST FOR SOME TIME.” DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE CURRENT FIGHTING IS WELL BEYOND THE FOUR TO SIX-WEEK OPERATIONAL TIMETABLE ORIGINALLY SET BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, TRUMP HAS DILUTED THE POTENTIALLY INDEFINITE NATURE OF THE CONFLICT. “WE FOUGHT IN VIETNAM FOR 19 YEARS. WE'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOUR MONTHS, SO I THINK WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK." TRUMP DID NOT PROVIDE DETAILS OF HOW HE PLANNED TO FINALLY END THE WAR, BUT MERELY INSISTED THAT HE COULD FINALLY NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH IRAN. HOWEVER, HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WAS LITTLE CHANCE OF AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM。