President Trump’s administration is reopening the Strait of Hormuz, lifting the naval blockade, and releasing frozen Iranian assets — while pushing the nuclear issue to a later “second deal.” After a decisive military success that decimated Iran’s navy, military leadership, and even the Ayatollah, RLN’s Daniel Cohen asks: Why stop at the one-yard line? Wars are won on the battlefield, not the bargaining table. Israel and America had the regime on its knees. Now the mullahs get to claim survival as victory.
