It's becoming abundantly clear that this war never needed to be started. It was clear from what the Omani FM said shortly after the start of the war, and since then it been confirmed by several different sources. The last one to step forward is UK security adviser Jonathan Powell , who attended the US-Iran talks and judged a deal was within reach. 'UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/uk-security-adviser-attended-us-iran-talks-and-judged-deal-was-within-reach "Britain’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, attended the final talks between the US and Iran and judged that the offer made by Tehran on its nuclear programme was significant enough to prevent a rush to war, the Guardian can reveal. Powell thought progress had been made in Geneva in late February and that the deal proposed by Iran was “surprising”, according to sources. Two days after the talks ended, and after a date had been agreed for a further round of technical talks in Vienna, the US and Israel launched the attack on Iran."
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