Four months after former U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a coordinated war against Iran with promises of rapid regime change and a transformed Middle East, the region has indeed been reshaped — but not in the way the two leaders predicted. What was supposed to be a quick, decisive victory that would topple the Islamic Republic has instead devolved into a drawn-out, grinding permacrisis, teetering between sporadic escalation and simmering tension that threatens global stability.
Bowen: Trump and Netanyahu wanted to reshape the Middle East – now they risk a permacrisis
