Trump Iran Negotiations risk masking a strategic defeat that could hand Tehran control of the Persian Gulf forever.
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Why does the world’s most powerful military keep losing wars? A fundamental mismatch of stakes and ambition holds the answer.
The US Lost the Iran War, but the ceasefire is a necessary win, enabling a smarter, less militaristic foreign policy.
The cease-fire confirms President Trump lost this war, granting Iran strategic leverage while diminishing American military credibility and global standing indefinitely.
The US-Iran deal constitutes a strategic defeat for Israel, undermining Netanyahu’s leadership and fracturing the US-Israel strategic alignment on Iran.
Netanyahu’s 40-year obsession ends in looming defeat: war of attrition, Trump exit, Iran resilient.
Syria’s Kurds are losing their grip as Washington pivots to Damascus, backing Syrian unity over SDF autonomy.
The YPG’s downfall resulted from overestimating foreign backing and underestimating Damascus’s resolve. The government’s strategy of offering Kurdish rights isolated the militia, revealing its lack of popular support and the conditional nature of international patronage.