March 10, 2026
As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran stretches into its second week, President Donald Trump has been floating the idea that he wants to declare Mission Accomplished. “We will. We’ve already won in many ways, but we haven’t won enough,” Trump declared on Monday afternoon in a speech before Republican lawmakers in Florida.
Iran, however, has shown no sign of ceasing its attacks. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is steadily launching missiles at cities across Israel and continues to strike U.S. military assets and outposts in the Persian Gulf. “The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are capable of continuing at least a six-month intense war at the current pace of operations,” IRGC spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini said Sunday in video remarks broadcast on state media. “Iran will determine when the war ends.”
I’m sure Iran probably isn’t doing quite as well as they hoped, but it really does seem so far like they’re doing a hell of a lot better than the US military (or at least Trump and sycophants that talked Trump into starting this stupidity) expected. Maybe not quite as well as Ukraine did with Russia, but… it really does sound like a “three day special operation” that could easily degrade into a years-long slog.
Let’s hope Trump cuts our losses.
I’m sure Iran probably isn’t doing quite as well as they hoped,
how do you know this?
know
I’m conversationally “sure”. I’m not asserting this is incontrovertible fact.
Basically, nothing ever goes as well as you think it will go - at least not in war. But let me rephrase to see if it helps: “While I’m sure not everything is going as Iran planned, I suspect they’re doing much better than if you compare how the US thought it would go vs. how it’s actually going for the US.” I hope that helps explain.
But as to what I base this on? The fact that Iran is not talking ceasefire, that they’re still able to attack, and that from the stated goals we’re aware of, they seem to be accomplishing multiple of them.
Contrast that with the general impression one has of the US going in and basically expecting to “shock and awe”. I don’t think Iran is either shocked nor are they awed.
i asked because i was wondering if you a knew of a source that said so.
and i do this too, but i try not to because i assume that my internalized chauvanisms will affect my reasoning and lead to me spreading misinformation by accident.
No specific source, just articles like this one and my interpretation of what’s happening. :)
What exactly did not go according to the plan
You’re contributing nothing to this conversation. How about making some sort of assertion or point to respond to? I’m not going to put in work to debate when I don’t even know what your problem with anything I’ve said is.
Instead of acting like an angry loser, you could have simply ignored my question
Oh, so you don’t have anything to say. Gotcha. I’ll feel free to ignore the fuck out of you next time then.
You are such a dumb loser. Go get your anger medicine. I asked a simple question, you were free to ignore it but decided to spit more bullshit. Please, go fix yourself
Iran could end the war independently with US than with Israel. US/Trump’s ego needs denuclearization and opening of Straits.
Iran needs no more embargoes. There is a price that they can sell enriched uranium to US. Guarantees against no more future attacks can come with reperations/reconstruction cash as goodwill, to later be swapped with US investment. Let congress vote on affirming into law no more attack on Iran without 60% majority. Even if US lies about future intentions for peace, Iran missile production will outpace the US’s, and cash (even as prepayment for future investment) goes a long way to ensuring another future defeat with forfeiting of US interests/ownership in Iran.
For the Israel front, the US/GCC/NATO could push back on some of those terms to pressure Israel to stop. Board of Peace chair given to Iran. world embargo on Israel, arrest/IDF fragging of Netanyahu, 1990s track for 2 state or greater multicultural constitutional Palestine solution. Israeli enthusiasm for genocide is conditional on the illusion of protection from all inconvenience from blowback of the unchosen.
And how would the said guarantee be enforced?
Instead of relying on trust of the US, cash restitution/reconstruction and investment means losing those investments if US betrays their guarantees/promises. It is also obviously a signal that any declaration of US victory is whitewashing of defeat, and enough people in US will politicize as defeat, to bring it up again, if a zionazi puppet in future starts calling it a good idea to attack Iran.
I don’t think Iran is going to agree to end this without getting nukes eventually now. This war has shown the entire world that the path to peace is having nukes.
Iran has proven deterence capability without it. Iran needs US permission to trade more than nukes for great prosperity that can keep its deterence power. Nuclear pursuit was always stupidity with no economic value, but can turn into value by high profit sales of enriched uranium. It’s important to give the US a victory narrative in getting them/Trump to accept defeat.
He wants to move on to Cuba. I’d say he’s bored of Iran.
I’m not sure he’s developed object permanence. He may have forgotten Iran exists because he saw Cuba instead
The more Trump is compared to a toddler, the more sense it all makes.
- shits his diapers
- lack of object permanence
- influenced by the last person he talks to
- very low reading level; uneducated
- throws tantrums
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Iran saving the world from endless US aggression by keeping them occupied.
Bored bored bored. Bored of Iran.
…sorry, just having flashbacks to previous decades…
He will just declare victory at some point
we had the most beautiful victory, everyone’s saying it, Iran never stood a chanceThe king of iran said to me yesterday, “Mr. Trump you’re too powerful, we can’t beat you, please accept our unconditional surrender” and I told him that wasn’t good enough! I made him apologize to me for this terrible war and now we’re going to make Iran great again
Please buy my hats
He literally already did. Multiple times
The Burger Reich finally picked on an opponent that can punch back.
We haven’t begun to be properly fucked yet. If I were Iran I would take it to gas lines
I hope the Iranians make Trump give them all ESPN as part of the ceasefire agreement.
JK Bro, JK! I just needed a distraction from the Ep Stein drama!
Man, Factually called it dead on.
Trump wants to keep kissing Putin’s ass more than actually stopping iran
Of all the things you can actually criticize Trump for why do you immediately go to the made up one?
