How long do you think the ongoing Middle East conflict will last beyond today’s date?

Within 2 weeks (3%) – "When it comes to Trump, you never really know what he has planned. Plus our military has proven very capable at destroying Iran's war capabilities, so I think Trump will see falling markets and halt the fighting soon."

2-4 weeks (8%) – "I don't think the major issues will be resolved by this time, but rather that Trump will find another major issue to occupy his attention and move on from Iran."

4-6 weeks (13%) – "This has been the timeline consistently communicated by the White House. As long as things continue to go according to plan on the battlefield, I see no reason why our stated objective won't be met."

6-8 weeks (18%) – "1. There is no US strategic plan. 2. We have no clear idea how many offensive missiles Iran has. 3. Neither China nor Russia has actively engaged - yet. 4. What are Iran's re-supply capabilities? 5. Replacement Iranian leadership remains committed to the previous regime. In short, there are simply too many unknowns."

• "It would be over very quickly if the US were not concerned with civilian casualties, however, since the iranian military and leaders will hide behind civilians as they always have it will take considerably longer than expected in weeks as they must be rooted out and destroyed as the terrorists who've declared war on the world by killing for the last 40-50 years. Their 'religious' war is the only war with no end in sight unless something is done."

8+ weeks (58%) – "There's even less of a plan on what we're doing than there was during the rebuilding of Afghanistan and Iraq. Those were difficult, long slogs that cost Trillions and took decades. We don't even have a plan for victory, and if we back out, we've already stirred the hornets nest. This isn't going to end just because we stopped attacking."

• "Desert Storm was an anomaly when it comes to brief US intervention in other countries. Plus, more war equals more money for US arms manufacturers."

"It's hard to make an educated guess as to how long this war will last when the ones who initiated it have no idea themselves. If it is a war. We have heard various descriptions of what it is from the administration. Maybe it's what Putin calls "a special military operation". This resembles a chess game, at this time the pawns are falling. But the real moves are yet to come. Hopefully not on American soil."

• "If President Trump truly seeks no end to this conflict except for Iran's unconditional surrender, I can't see this ending very soon."

"Though I hope it would be quicker, I think the fact that it's not over already means that it will take far longer than they had anticipated. I'm still not really sure why we are there. If it helps the people of Iran, I'm happy with that, but I think the recent nomination indicates that nothing may be accomplished by this."

• "Unconditional surrender means the enemy has to be completely subdued. It takes boots on the ground to the that. Its a longer process than just a diplomatic solution."