The MOU between the United States and Iran appeared to acknowledge this reality, but it still failed for two reasons. Collections-Energy-Site-1500x1000 Collections-Energy-Site-1500x1000 Energy After the Shock FP Collections: There’s no going back to the way things were before the Iran war. This assumption drove the Trump administration to launch the Iran war without getting the buy-in of key Gulf partners and European allies, and it continues to dominate U.S. efforts to bring the war to an end. Some supporters of the Iran war may see the adoption of such a plan—with small, achievable goals—as defeat. By ending the war, he would avoid the trap that snared the United States in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.