Ignacius: America is pursuing a strategy of camouflage with Iran in the Gulf

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump is waging an economic war against Iran through a "tougher" sanctions package to cripple oil exports, but Trump wants to avoid a war with arms, Ahead of an election year.

The author claimed that "the greatest disappointment" felt by Iran at the moment may be the refusal of the US military to be dragged behind the provocation of the methods of escalation pursued by the Gulf Arab.

Ignacius believes that the strategy of "camouflage" visible and followed by the United States manifested in the face of what he called "Iranian confusion," which appeared on Friday the detention of a tanker flying the British flag and the release of another British tanker.

Trap and whims
Ignacius wrote this article following an interview he and another American journalist held with US Central Command Chief Kenneth Mackenzie on Saturday as they accompanied him on his trip to Kabul, the last leg of his tour of the region.

"The United States is calm and does not want to exaggerate its reaction to what the Iranians are doing," McKinsey said. "We should not be caught in any form of exaggeration."

According to the writer, the advice given by the army in such situations contradicts the whims and impulses of US President Donald Trump, but that does not seem to go away when it comes to confrontation with Iran.

Strategy and confrontation
In response to Ignazius' question about what the United States might push to abandon its "conservative" policy as long as it does not curb Iranian actions, McKinsey said his advice as a military commander was to continue pursuing an approach that avoided attention.

While this strategy seems reasonable in Ignacius's view, it does not answer the question of how to end that confrontation. "Iran feels that US sanctions are tightening up on it."

When a regime feels suffocated to death, it has two choices: either surrender or fierce resistance, according to Ignatius, who concluded that the Trump administration was betting on pushing Tehran to surrender. "But there is nothing to suggest that this bet will pay off."