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Thu Mar 12, 2026, 03:37 PM 4 hrs ago

Harry Litman - Trump's War Without a Plan

There are, as it turns out, a few small gaps in the Trump administration’s war planning and execution.

For example: doing any advance preparation for new leadership on the ground, or even identifying forces who might step into the vacuum if the regime collapses.

Or explaining to the American people why we are there in the first place. The administration has now offered seven different answers to that question, which suggests that no one really knows—least of all the supposed leader of the free world.

Or preparing for the spike in oil prices that follows when Iran blockades—and now mines—the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil supply moves.

https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/trumps-war-without-a-plan

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