Washington, June 9 -- US Vice President JD Vance has expressed confidence that President Donald Trump won't allow the ongoing Iran war to turn into a "quagmire" that would end up leaving Washington ensnared in a prolonged war that will last for years.

Speaking in an interview with USA Today on Monday, Vance said it was unlikely that Washington would remain deeply involved in the current conflict for years to come.

"I feel extremely confident that we are not going to be talking about America's involvement in Iran even a year down the road, but certainly not years down the road," he said.

Vance, a veteran of the Iraq War and one of the ruling Republican administration's most outspoken critics of US military interventions, claims that the c...