In your opinion, when will the ongoing US-Iran conflict officially conclude?

0-3 months (7%) – "The D retake of the house will make it necessary to conclude the fighting and spin the results."

3-6 months (5%) – "It will probably take a little bit of time, but the Democratic blue wave will likely curb Trump's Iran war powers and bring a halt to the fighting."

6-12 months (17%) – "If the Democrats win the midterms, pressure on Trump will demand that the Iran war be drawn down. This will take close to a year to complete is my guess."

• "I'm hopeful sanity will return to our government, and we can get out of this war in less than a year, but I figure 6-12 months is the average of What could happen if we get a fully Democratic Congress standing up to trump, and what could happen if we get a fully Republican Congress supporting him in his money and murder endeavors."

At least 1 year (71%) – "Because you can’t resolve this conflict with this on and off fighting. You either leave it to the current state or you go all in. The President is dragging his feet for some reason or another."

• "This war in the Middle East is like every other conflict in that area. It will drag on forever and destroy what is left of any modicum of success for the Trump administration. There seemed to be at the beginning a clear-eyed objective of ending Iran’s nuclear capability. That has morphed into regime change. That type of war never ends quickly and usually devolves into a political and military quagmire. I had hopes that this war would be different, but it almost certainly will not be."

"I feel like the US won't back off from what they've started whereas the Iranians won't stop until they get what they want. Neither side will compromise and I feel as if this will be an endless cycles for many years. Hopefully I will be proven incorrect though."

• "There is no clear path for peace and the positional bargaining will always lead to impasse. The administration didn't have a clear rationale or mandate for war and will not step away without declaring victory, when none exists."

"Iran has no reason to settle this war with the current administration. They know the current administration's game plan and situation. If for some miracle a peace deal is reached, it will be business as usual or more beneficial for Iran. There will be no great deal as Trump and company has played all their cards, except for one, nuclear, and lost. Trump and comapny just don't know they have lost."

• "It seems clear at this point that the Trump administration does not have a clear goal in mind for the Iran war which means the war will likely end only when Iran gives in to a peace deal or we spend months on a military operation and then finally pull out because it’s become too costly"

"I would like to believe that this war will not last another day. But with the current US administration, with its lack of strategic or operational insight, does not have any higher thinking about the conflict. It is, rightfully, deeply unpopular here in the US and is basically an illegal war. And Iran? The unholy alliance of the Revolutionary Guards and the theocracy that runs the civil state are extremely unpopular in Iran ( and are vicious thugs to boot) are fighting for their existence..... regardless of its effects on the people. One would think that there's a way to end this conflict.... but there doesn't seem to be a way to draw the curtains on a multitude of horrible decisions, made without thinking or planning, misunderstanding by both parties to the war as to what the actual end looks like...."