The Israelis and Trump may have differing definitions of success in Iran. For example in the article " When should the Iran war end? Achievements, risks, and the path forward - analysis"
WHEN there are a number of revelations including analysis of manpower.
" In his 2021 book Empire of Terror, former senior US Defense Department intelligence official Mark Silinsky estimated that Iran's military had around 400,000 fighters, that the IRGC had around 125,000, and that the Basij had between one and two million, of which 200,000 were hardcore members."
In addition, the article makes these observations:
Achievements
Out of the Islamic Republic's 2,500 missiles at the start of this war, over 1,000, likely between half and two-thirds, have been used or destroyed.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with the chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the chief of the Iranian military, and an additional 50-plus top Iranian officials, have been killed, mostly in the opening hours of the war on February 28.
Iran's ballistic missile launches have dropped by about 90% from the first day of the war across the Middle East including attacks on roughly a dozen Sunni countries while the number of missiles fired at Israel has declined by roughly 75-90%, depending on the day.
Of Iran's roughly 450-500 missile launchers, about 75% are now out of commission roughly half destroyed outright and the other half rendered unusable by cave-ins or logistical damage caused by airstrikes.
What remains is the Islamic Theocracy of Iran's desire to bring the return of the 12th Iman and establish the supremacy of the Dar al Islam through a decisive battle (Armageddon). Which means we goanna have to do this again.
The Article is worth the read.
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Nobody with open eyes can any longer doubt that the danger to personal freedom comes chiefly from the left. F. A. Hayek
