U.S.-Israel War on Iran Exceeds Trump’s 5-Week Forecast as Toll Mounts
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Updated · NBC News · Jul 24
U.S.-Israel War on Iran Exceeds Trump’s 5-Week Forecast as Toll Mounts
3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Jul 24
Summary
Nearly five months after late-February strikes, the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran has lasted far beyond early White House expectations and imposed a heavier human and financial cost than officials projected.
Trump had said shortly after the attacks that the war would wrap up in four to five weeks, setting a benchmark the fighting has now clearly overshot.
The gap between that forecast and the war’s duration underscores how initial assumptions about the campaign’s speed and cost have proved too optimistic.