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Brutally honest analysis of Trump’s failure in & its impact on the & from Robert Kagan

Checkmate in Iran

It’s hard to think of a time when the suffered a total defeat in a conflict, a setback so decisive that the strategic loss could be neither repaired nor ignored.


https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/05/iran-war-trump-losing/687094/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxQsNAoumvTwglsKzbozefow

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/6aaa3fef-0fc4-48d3-adc2-38135f772a6a/giftarticleRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:52:48 GMTSun, 10 May 2026 18:06:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to #GiftArticle on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:10:43 GMT]]>@Nonilex

The world has also learned that the mighty US miliary is completely incapable of building a warship with functioning toilets.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glasgow.social/users/agirvan/statuses/116551859821597314https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://glasgow.social/users/agirvan/statuses/116551859821597314Sun, 10 May 2026 19:10:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #GiftArticle on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:20:27 GMT]]>
The US military is big but it's incompetent.
]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://foostang.xyz/mrfoostang/p/1778437227.077559https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://foostang.xyz/mrfoostang/p/1778437227.077559Sun, 10 May 2026 18:20:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #GiftArticle on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:15:28 GMT]]>Far from demonstrating American prowess, as supporters of the have repeatedly claimed, the conflict has revealed a that is unreliable & incapable of finishing what it started. That is going to set off a chain reaction around the world as friends & foes adjust to the ’ failure.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116551642561940758https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116551642561940758Sun, 10 May 2026 18:15:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #GiftArticle on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:13:44 GMT]]>Defeat in the present confrontation w/ will be of an entirely different character. It can neither be repaired nor ignored. There will be no return to the status quo ante, no ultimate triumph that will undo or overcome the harm done. The will not be “open,” as it once was. With control of the strait, Iran emerges as the key player in the region &…in the world. The roles of & , as Iran’s allies, are strengthened; the role of the US, substantially diminished.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116551635742049493https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116551635742049493Sun, 10 May 2026 18:13:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #GiftArticle on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:11:02 GMT]]>The…losses suffered at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, & throughout the Western Pacific in the first months of WWII were eventually reversed. The defeats in Vietnam & Afghanistan were costly but didn’t do lasting damage to the ’ overall position in the world….The initial failure in Iraq was mitigated by a shift in strategy that ultimately left Iraq relatively stable & unthreatening to its neighbors & kept the dominant in the region.

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