00:02Analysts say the U.S.'s war on Iran is at a critical point with the potential for further escalation as
00:09the pattern of back-and-forth strikes resumes and hopes for a quick end to the five-month conflict fade.
00:18The nature of the current war, the nature of the war that began on February 20th between Iran, United States
00:25and Israel is mobile, is expandable, it's uncontrollable, and as the events in the previous days and weeks prove that
00:34it's going to be much more complicated and on and off, out of the control of the parties in it.
00:41This is not a war that can fall into the category of the managed escalations.
00:46Ali Vais, the deputy program director for Middle East and North Africa at the International Crisis Group, said Iran would
00:53expand the war to new territories.
00:55Saudi Arabia has since reported attacks from militias in Iraq.
01:00The Iranian strategy at this moment is to demonstrate to the United States that it cannot get away with limited
01:07tit-for-tats that would be costly for Iran and not very costly for the U.S.,
01:13that they would externalize the pain and even escalate into new territory in terms of both the scale and scope
01:20of attacks.
01:21This is why we have seen Iran attacking Jordan, a country that it did not attack in the past.
01:44The war, which in its early days, President Donald Trump said would last four to five weeks, has roiled the
01:52global economy.
01:54The U.S.
01:55Turkey
01:55The U.S.
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