(RNS) — Donald Trump thought he could wage a quick and successful war against Iran, but he was wrong. He had multiple goals, including regime change, destroying Iran’s military, making it impossible for Iran to develop nuclear weapons and stopping Iran’s support for militia forces in the Middle East. We are more than a month into the war. Thousands of missiles, drones and bombs have been exchanged on both sides. The Persian Gulf states have been pulled into a war they did not want, and thousands of civilians have been killed or injured. Although it has lost many of its top leaders, the Iranian regime is still in place and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard has the weapons to brutally suppress any uprising by its citizens. Many of Iran’s missiles and drones have been destroyed, but it still is hitting American and other targets in the Middle East. Nuclear sites have been bombed, but without an international agreement and inspections, Iran can rebuild.…