Iran wages attrition through exhaustion and pain. Air power is rarely decisive. US goals risk mission creep. Compromise is necessary.
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Gulf water and energy facilities are hit. Europe was not consulted. Mojtaba Khamenei is worse than his father. America is less safe.
Past-tense denials preserve diplomatic room. Iran links any deal to Lebanon and Hezbollah. Pakistan provides political cover for indirect talks.
Gulf states absorb Iranian missile and drone attacks. They counsel Washington not to end operations prematurely. Iran’s resilience threatens their economic transformation.
Baghdad cannot protect Kurdish territory from Iranian missiles. The US should treat Kurdistan like Taiwan for air defense, bypassing Iraqi veto.
Settler attacks rose 27% in 2025. Israel acknowledges the violence as terrorism but fails to enforce laws against perpetrators.
Cheap drones offset US technological superiority. The Pentagon must field lower-cost systems alongside exquisite weapons to sustain prolonged conflict.
US used over 11,000 munitions in 16 days. Iran is no longer a Chinese strategic asset. Xi’s calculus on Taiwan has shifted.
The state cannot control armed factions. Protesting Washington is safe. Confronting militias is impossible. Sovereignty is violated from within before without.
Whither Netanyahu goeth, America goeth. Ground forces arrive. Israel cannot sustain long war alone.