A decorated former general, Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, compared President Donald Trump’s high-stakes standoff with Iran to the historic military blitz that helped bring North Vietnam back to peace talks and end America’s involvement in the Vietnam War.

Historic Precedent

Kellogg argued that Trump’s use of ‘kinetic strikes’ and heavy threats brought Iran back to the negotiating table. He compared Trump’s move to President Richard Nixon’s 1972 ‘Linebacker II’ bombing campaign, which helped break a stalemate in peace negotiations.

The Linebacker II operation was used to force North Vietnam back into serious peace negotiations and lasted for nearly two weeks as B-52 bombers attacked military targets around Christmas.

Iran Negotiations

Earlier this week, the U.S. carried out a series of attacks inside Iran in retaliation for Iran shooting down an American Apache helicopter. On Thursday, Trump said he canceled plans for further strikes, citing progress toward a potential peace deal.

Kellogg said the strategy unfolding with Iran mirrors the Nixon-era strikes, adding, ‘You’re seeing the same thing here.’ Trump is ‘very, very determined to get a result,’ he continued.

Kellogg also said Trump’s objective is to dismantle Tehran’s nuclear weapons program, noting Iran has been rapidly accelerating uranium enrichment to ‘60%, 70%, 80%’ capacity.

Peace Deal

On Saturday, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that a U.S.-Iran peace deal is likely to be finalized within the next 24 hours, a message Trump later reposted on Truth Social. Pakistan has served as a key mediator in U.S.-Iran negotiations to end the war.

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