The threat of blowbacks from Iran could continue for years and may come in the form of covert or diplomatic action, said Jarrett Blanc, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
"If they go through that entire process and make that decision, I think the United States is going to have to leave despite President Trump's bluster," he said. "My instinct is that, the end of U.S. military involvement, U.S. military presence in Iraq is in sight."
"The Iranians have an opportunity now to force us out and, though it is of mixed interest from their perspective, they'll probably take advantage of that opportunity," he added. Noting that Iran has "military, conventional, overt, covert diplomatic" options, he warned that there could be a "rapid escalation" if Trump makes the wrong move.
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