When Did This War Really Start? When Trump Blew Up Obama’s Iran Deal

The 2016 JCPOA was real, and it was working. If Trump had stayed with it, there’d be no need—or excuse—for war today.

Apr 01, 2026

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The Pentagon last week ordered the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, and thousands of them have since arrived. One of the missions this elite unit could undertake would be to attempt to retrieve 440 kilograms (a thousand pounds) of highly enriched uranium stored deep underground at Iran’s Isfahan nuclear site.

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Joe Cirincione

Joe Cirincione is a national security analyst and author with over 45 years of experience. I have been a congressional staffer, a program director, a philanthropist, an advisor the the State Department and three presidential campaigns. Now, I write.