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38 Days of Strikes, 60 Days of Negotiations—Is Iran Just Buying Time?

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38 Days of Strikes, 60 Days of Negotiations—Is Iran Just Buying Time?
A digital map created by the Hybrid Intelligence department of Helmut Schmidt University shows points of conflict and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz in April at the launch of the Resilia Innohub innovation hub in Berlin, Germany, on May 27, 2026. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Victor Davis Hanson
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We talk about an Iran war, but as I speak on June 9, we haven’t had a real kinetic back-and-forth bombing campaign or anything since around April 8. So, we had 38 days of bombing, and then we’ve had 60 days of negotiations.
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Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson
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Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and military historian. He is a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, a senior fellow in classics and military history at Stanford University, a fellow of Hillsdale College, and a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness. Mr. Hanson has written 17 books, including “The Western Way of War,” “Fields Without Dreams,” “The Case for Trump,” and “The Dying Citizen.”
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