US-Iran war, July 9 -- It may appear that a series of developments forced US President Donald Trump to reject the US-Iran ceasefire deal while attending the NATO Summit. However, from the diplomatic perspective, the US administration's decision to initiate a retaliatory attack on Iran signals that Trump tried to hit multiple sparrows with a single arrow.

According to experts, no one would have complained if US President Donald Trump had waited for the end of the NATO Summit and then initiated the retaliatory strikes in Iran, but the US administration decided otherwise to signal to the European Union members to either align with the US government in handling the Middle East crisis or face the repercussions of the closure of the Strait of ...