[not in the club]

I think President Trump is trying to win with as little bloodshed as possible. While commendable, it certainly makes things harder. Siege warfare works most of the time, but without patience it would certainly fail. If reports from Iran are to be believed, the tactic is working. Trump is taking a gamble on the patience of Americans and I am worried that too many have the patience of children.
I believe this desire to win a war without fighting is the reason for so many of President Trump’s reversals.

[Paul R.]

I think it’s more than Trump’s aversion to bloodshed, it’s his aversion to pain and death. The tactic I described above, taking out a single critical logistic, WOULD be painful to the population. However, I maintain that IN TOTAL (accumulated pain & death?), it would be less painful, even only considering Iran, than siege warfare.