Why Donald Trump needs a short-term win in Iran before he visits Xi Jinping in China
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The surge in US service members in the Middle East suggests the Iran war could become a protracted, low-intensity conflict as Donald Trump eyes a trip to China in May, Chinese military analysts say.
The deployment of elite forces and the US president’s recent tactics in Venezuela indicated Washington was highly aware of and seeking to avoid a costly drawn-out war like Vietnam, the observers added.
On Sunday, The New York Times and The Washington Post reported that several hundred US Army Rangers and Navy Seals had arrived in the Middle East, joining roughly 3,500 marines and sailors who were deployed earlier and bringing the number of American troops in the region to over 50,000, an increase of about 10,000 since the conflict began.
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