“… for the United States this war was an unwise gamble on extremely long odds; the gamble (that the regime would collapse swiftly) has already failed and as a result locked in essentially nothing but negative outcomes… every likely outcome leaves the United States in a meaningfully worse strategic position than when it started.”

https://acoup.blog/2026/03/25/miscellanea-the-war-in-iran/

Miscellanea: The War in Iran

This post is a set of my observations on the current war in Iran and my thoughts on the broader strategic implications. I am not, of course, an expert on the region nor do I have access to any spec…

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I strongly encourage you to read the analysis above. I find it thorough and correct. Maybe you will, too.

@samlitzinger

The blog itself seems very good across the board, and it has an RSS feed for easy subscribing - done!

@alessandro @samlitzinger th author, Bret, used to be on the Fedi too.

@samlitzinger

Thanks for sharing - I agree, really good.