New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- The US needs to find an "off-ramp" from the war with Iran, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine reportedly told other top Trump advisers in private.

Over the past few weeks, Trump's most senior general raised concerns that military options on the table to escalate the conflict in Iran could backfire, and airpower alone is unlikely to achieve US President Donald Trump's stated objectives, sources told CNN.

"Caine is looking for an off ramp," one of the sources was quoted as saying.

Sources added that Caine is not alone in his view that the war has reached a crossroads.

He reportedly discussed concerns about military options to escalate the conflict and raised the prospect of finding an off-ramp from the war ...