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.
how do you know this?
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.
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