Good points.
I think Trump is still looking for a diplomatic solution. That's why he said he'd decide "in the next two weeks" whether to join the war. I don't see the Ayatollah making any deals with the Great Satan, but I'm not sure Khamenei is really in charge of things right now.
But however this war ends, Fordow has to go. That's a given.
Onward and upward,
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