US President Donald Trump targeted Iran, expecting a short, decisive military operation reminiscent of the US recent raids on Venezuela. Yet seven days into “Operation Epic Fury,” the conflict’s intensity, geographic spread, human costs and economic repercussions reveal a stark strategic miscalculation. What Washington projected as an overwhelming but limited use of force has metastasized […] The post Iran weathers US firestorm, raising prospect of a long war appeared first on Asia Times .