What has the U.S. war with Iran accomplished?

President Trump’s goals for the war with Iran included putting an end to the country’s nuclear program, destroying its military capabilities and creating regime change. Yet after more than five weeks of fighting, and with a two-week ceasefire now in place, the president has fallen well short of those aims. In addition, Iran’s control over the economically crucial Strait of Hormuz has created a crisis that didn’t exist before the war began. The Trump administration stresses that U.S. and Israeli military successes have inflicted severe damage to Iran’s military. Still, Iran’s military and government survived the onslaught, are still functioning,…