{"id":152038,"date":"2026-08-28T09:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/28\/trump-promised-a-short-iran-war-six-months-later-he-has-few-good-options-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T09:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:18:08","slug":"trump-promised-a-short-iran-war-six-months-later-he-has-few-good-options-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/28\/trump-promised-a-short-iran-war-six-months-later-he-has-few-good-options-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump promised a short Iran war. Six months later, he has few good options. &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNaTdKOVAyMFQ3WXhRdm4wTkllTUtJSm9TTUpoS0VJR3pUT3ZFWU1WWDNFQXgxYzJxbDhOdTFFVWxNTVptSkFGci1ubkFNNnFMbHotQ2MyU1phUzRuS05uOEpkcFF2ektZN08wNWlaOGpkcl9DU1RHNldEOEktc3plR2dTR0d4ZjROb1ZER2Q1ZFdjNnktNUNHa2RCNXJBcFVaWjVCcC1Xc2FqWTVad29pVmt2OWxHNXd1eVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump promised a short Iran war. Six months later, he has few good options.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTFBqSF9oQWludlpKTGpJQ3pWbjBxX0oycWZsY1RQQ3BNd3g0QVVFb3JYSTVOYWJrczYzR1c2MGhvcWxHZ29td012cXVkQ05WRnVqT0U5azFIZXl3dVJXSHJpYmlaOTZRZVJ6NTFqRGVVOWVZcUR6S2xWT08xQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Six Months In, Iran\u2019s Regime Stands, U.S. Goals Remain Unmet<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPLVd0UHZRTDlTX05KbUhtNkdGV0hEaW5FTVUxazZsT0VBbGZQdzlkb3JOV0hKREdURGZKRjFxNzhDeWJ0Vk9CX3B5VUR4cThONHgwVDVSSWRpNkdNcVlzTVR0Q1lzOFhBQzRKX0NzWjdDNkhvc2ZsWkRyMURXcXN0eEwtbUYyZmVucHlQQWttdkNjQWZLeVdvRko1N0VqUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Six months on, the Iran war has changed the Middle East, but not in the way its architects had hoped<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNY3ZaTmR4OEVQWjVMZWRibUo2TGJTRDMtUVl6SmdLblprZlRsOXNPeTNvVmJRX2VUbU5JX3dCeXFfbUtqaExPa2pxZzByOEl4aDNNOThMajlXMnNHdFhFVlViTmIzTVZqMmh4RnVsMkdNTmV5ZGNVUThJYjZBRHpfdmFTY0QzYVpuUDdXUFl4c21VWDhvNWZib3NFbE00QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Live Updates: Iran war hits 6-month mark with no end in sight<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTE5mZkpYMUlMNV8tUXFlLVA5M201elJ5SWRFVUdkTHV6ZEUzWm85UHRDVEYxejF1RUozQ1UtZDZkLTJPZUVZLVRJeEhFMk4tZmxYWmFJbVk2VVRWLUdod0lDU2VKQUQ5dXEyUldqR0RUeENfbDllUHpv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Six months on, Trump\u2019s Iran \u2018excursion\u2019 risks igniting crises far beyond the Middle East<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump promised a short Iran war. Six months later, he has few good options.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Six Months In, Iran\u2019s Regime Stands, U.S. Goals Remain&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/28\/trump-promised-a-short-iran-war-six-months-later-he-has-few-good-options-the-washington-post\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}