Just as U.S. airstrikes against Iran's nuclear program seemed all but certain, President

Trump found a temporary off-ramp, saying he will make his decision within two weeks.

But Israel might not wait that long.

Despite the uncertainty, one thing is clear.

I mean, nobody knows what I'm going to do.

Tonight, war in the Middle East.

Next.

This is Washington Week with the Atlantic.

Good evening and welcome to Washington Week.

Tonight, questions about how the war in the Middle East ends.

What we know is that Iran has boxed itself into a bit of a corner. Since its ally

Hamas launched an invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, Iran has suffered one loss after another.

Hamas has been largely destroyed, Hezbollah has been dismantled, Iran's air defenses have been

neutralized, and today, the country that Iran's leaders have sworn for over four decades to destroy, Israel,

controls the skies over Tehran, bombing nuclear, military, and infrastructure sites at will.

One thing Israel has failed to achieve is the destruction of the Ford-Dau nuclear site.

For this, it might need bombs that only exist in the American arsenal.

To figure out what's going to happen next, and if America will join the fight directly, I'm joined by a panel of experts. Jonathan Carl, the chief Washington correspondent for ABC News.

David Ignatius is a columnist at The Washington Post.

David Sanger is a White House and National Security correspondent at the New York Times.

We're also joined by Nancy Yusuf, whose last day at the Wall Street Journal is today.

She's our newest staff writer at the Atlantic, where she'll cover defense and national security.

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