Link: https://nypost.com/2026/02/26/us-news/trump-moves-more-military-might-to-the-middle-east-as-iran-fails-to-make-a-deal/

WASHINGTON — Iran left talks with the US on Thursday without a deal to end its nuclear program as President Trump escalated his military buildup in the Middle East to prepare for war.

The negotiations in Geneva were inconclusive, with Trump’s self-imposed deadline to reach an agreement on the future of Tehran’s nuclear program ticking down as soon as this weekend.

As diplomacy languishes, Trump continued to amass military assets Thursday in a sign that a strike could be around the corner — with ships moving into position and hundreds of military aircraft now gathered within range of Iran.

Experts say it would be one of the largest buildups of military assets ever without the US carrying out a strike. Already, the US has assembled the greatest amount of air power in the region since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, signaling to analysts that some kind of US strike is around the corner.

I thought we were looking at a scenario where there would likely be no war but the division between conservative/liberal media on this is pretty stark.

I still don't really know what will happen.

Could go either way.

right, I totally get what you are saying, but the amount of people in the diaspora desperate for regime chang and desiring freedom, not continued life under an autocratic theocratic regime, is through the roof. It is also the same that the protest movement is huge in Iran.

If we were to view this solely through the lens of diplomacy, I would agree with you, but I am seeing it more broadly.

I agree with criticizing the war if it is purely about geopolitics.

Btu we also have to think of the perspectives of the Iranian people and the Iranian diaspora.

people in the diaspora desperate for regime chang and desiring freedom, not continued life under an autocratic theocratic regime

USA: "Best we can do is to put you under control of a our autocratic theocratic regime."