Seventeen days into Operation Epic Fury, Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. has no credible exit strategy, and the Gulf States are trapped in a war they never wanted. On March 18, Wikistrat invited award-winning journalist Dr. James M. Dorsey to assess why escalation is more likely than resolution, what President Trump's shrinking options look like, and why the post-war Middle East will be shaped less by who wins than by what Iran looks like when the shooting stops