While trying to keep his options on Iran open, President Donald Trump may be seeing them narrow.
After the third round of talks in Geneva ended with an apparent agreement for another “technical level” meeting in Vienna next week, the White House must assess whether its renewed diplomacy will yield results, or if it must embrace the wildly unpredictable, and likely brutal, step of war.
Militarily, the US signals are clear. This is likely the largest buildup of air and naval power in the region since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Some refueling and A-10 ground-attack aircraft are parked in the view of tourists landing at civilian airports in Israel and Crete. It is not subtle, and it aims to ensure…