America has clearly failed to defeat Iran. Prior to Feb 28, the U.S. had a string of bases across the Middle East. It also had a network of alliances throughout the region. Both are now gone. John Mearsheimer explains
In the last ten days we’ve seen Iran hit U.S. bases in the region far harder than American forces have hit Iran. Seyed Marandi argues that Tehran wants the U.S. to invade, as that will give them opportunity to defeat America once and for all
While warning Britain and Israel from aiding the U.S. in its war with Iran, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps also noted that the US death toll since the violation of the MoU exceeded 200, with many more wounded
Given that US air strikes on Iran may have taken off from air bases in Britain, this is being done to shield UK diplomatic staff
Retaliatory counter-strikes have literally brought Trump’s campaign against Iran to a standstill
Slowly the real scale of U.S. casualties in the war with Iran is emerging. Don’t be surprised if further updates revise total U.S. casualties even higher
The promised Patriot production surge is a fantasy that will not materialize before the end of the decade. THAAD is even more terminal: more than half the inventory of roughly 360 interceptors already gone, production still stuck at 96 a year. The Islander details America’s critical air defence deficiencies, which spell the end of regional dominance
For weeks independent observers have warned that the US was running critically low on stocks of air defence missiles and now it’s official. The US has suspended escalating operations after the US could not adequately defend its forward bases from Iranian retaliation
Flashback to 2018 when a major US logistics hub was opened in Kuwait to serve U.S. military operations in Iraq, Syria and possible operations in Iran. Less than ten years later and IRGC missiles struck the base and the most recent reports suggest that it has been abandoned
While the US and Israel appear committed to a wider conflict with Iran, a very subtle change is taking place elsewhere in the administration. Specifically with JD Vance, who appears to be trying to distance himself from Israel and Trump’s more hawkish policies. Has Vance realised that Trump’s Iran policy is doomed and that he must distance himself from it if he is to survive politically?
“This war is a war against humanity”
By deploying more US troops and two US carrier groups to the Middle East, plus sending an additional 150 medics to the main medical centre for US service personnel in the region, Trump appears to be preparing for another, wider round of conflict with Iran