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

Checkmate in Iran

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

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

Checkmate in Iran

Washington can’t reverse or control the consequences of losing this war.

The Atlantic

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Nonilex 6d ago

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 #UnitedStates’ 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 #US dominant in the region.

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Nonilex 6d ago

Defeat in the present confrontation w/ #Iran 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 #US triumph that will undo or overcome the harm done. The #StraitOfHormuz 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 #China & #Russia, as Iran’s allies, are strengthened; the role of the US, substantially diminished.

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Nonilex 6d ago

Far from demonstrating American prowess, as supporters of the #war have repeatedly claimed, the conflict has revealed a #US 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 #UnitedStates’ failure.

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