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Trump Just Got Handed a Big Clue That the War with Iran ‘Could Drag on For Months’ and Even Escalate Into Something Worse

The Iran war will likely run another six months without resolution, Leon Panetta tells the Guardian — a terrible stalemate with few exits, on track to become another failed conflict like Iraq or Afghanistan. The former CIA director and defense secretary says reopening the Strait of Hormuz must become America's primary objective, and that the president is otherwise pretending to win a stalemate he is not.

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Former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned that the United States and Iran are in a deadlock with no end in sight, stating that the war could continue for more than six months and become another "unending war." Former Secretary Panetta served as Secretary of Defense and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under the Barack Obama administration. According to the British daily The Guardian on the 6th (local time), former Secret…

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Hoon-sang = Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta predicted that the war with Iran would continue for another six months, the British daily The Guardian reported on the 6...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Former US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta predicts that the war with Iran could last another six months and turn into a new protracted conflict in the Middle East.

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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Six months after the start of hostilities, the US and Iran remain trapped in a war that neither side can decisively win, but neither seems ready to end with significant concessions. Washington is increasing economic pressure, Tehran maintains the ability to respond, and the Strait of Hormuz remains the […]

Sawalev warned former US Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Leon Banita that the US-Iran war could last at least another six months, given what he described as the impasse and the absence of clear options to end the conflict. Banita, in an interview with the British Guardian, said that the continuation of the war in this way might lead Washington to... this content warn the former US Secretary of Defense of the danger of Washington slipping i…

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ZN.UA Зеркало недели broke the news in Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday, September 7, 2026.
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