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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by nozzlegear on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @11:52AM (#48110055)
> Iran also basically just fought us to a stalemate, with an arguably long-term strategic victory going to Iran, just by being willing to absorb more punishment in the short term. Once we depleted our stocks of expensive weaponry we had to stop. We could win every fight and still lose the war.

Iran had a different victory condition. All they had to do was outlast and not be completely wiped out. Trump's victory condition was... well, only Trump knows. Short of a total ground invasion of Iran and full eradication of the Iranian regime (a tall, tall order), victory for the US in Iran, in the eyes of the public, was always going to be impossible.

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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by mindslight on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @12:08PM (#48110244)
This is a war that even the "forever war" US military-intelligence complex had been resisting starting for decades. This really illustrates what a colossally bad idea it was.
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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by ahartmetz on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @11:57AM (#48110111)
Trump seemed to think that the Iranian regime was unstable and would fall once the US killed their top ranks and applied a bit of pressure. Turns out that he was very wrong (and experts would have told him if he had bothered to ask / listen).
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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by Sam713 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @07:29PM (#48115927)
I think its poignant to point out that Trump is listening to experts he appointed, who by objective standards do not have the experience or maturity necessary to guide the ship.
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