A desperate US government has asked junior analysts to brainstorm ways to beat Iran. The Trump administration is refusing to accept defeat despite having been locked into a stand off with the country. CNN described what it called a “crowdsourcing” effort in a report this week: “We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran,” an officer in US Central Command’s intelligence branch wrote in a message sent Wednesday to a broad group of military analysts, according to a source familiar with the message. Adding: A second source also said that a senior US military officer…