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History is full of stories of powerful countries losing a war in a foreign land partially because they think they’ll have more local support then they actually get.
Iran decentralized its military and designated 5 backups for all leaders, so it was prepared for strikes on military leadership. Iran’s military may be resilient and prepared for a long war.
The Trump administration seemed to think that the Iranian regime would implode and the war would be over in days. We can see this in their shifting explanations to the war and Trump’s comments about his original expectations.
If the Iranian regime and military are really resilient and not close to breaking, then the United States is losing this war. It doesn’t matter how many military successes the US and Israel have, the objectives of the war are either regime change or a long-term weakening of Iran. Without Iranian leaders agreeing not to rebuild their offensive capabilities, they will rebuild them and the war will have been a failure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3TVxgh-R-c
F-35 scored its first air-to-air victory against a piloted jet. They have shot down drones and cruise missiles before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5im1oct6Cw
Looks like a Kuwaiti pilot, trying to defend against Iranian drones that were hitting his country, mistaked three American planes for attacking drones and shot them down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSU7wSQl1-o
““Everything here feels inflated,” said Parker, who has been an architect for more than 35 years. “The net effect of this is to adversely impact what is the most important historic — the most identifiable historic — house in the entire United States. This is permanent, what it will do to the White House.””
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trumps-white-house-ballroom-too-010607626.html
Before the war, Trump’s Iran negotiators were unrealistically looking for an Iranian capitulation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Ns6EbCplY
The US has nowhere near enough ships in the area to escort many ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruOkuy3Tqv0
It’s not clear that the administration has a real strategic plan here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuqOeWpNohM
The Four Ways That the Iran War Could End | Plain English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsqxqoW13s8
Why 90% of New Washing Machines Are Garbage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91SlaNTzPtQ