Iran’s Military Is Broken — But the Regime Refuses to Surrender

There are several ways that wars end. -  John F. Di Leo

• One side conquers and annexes the other.
• One side surrenders and gives up some of their land, treasure, and authority in a peace treaty.
• One side has a domestic change of government and the new one befriends the other side.
• Things reach a stalemate and the shooting stops in an ongoing, uncomfortable sort of permanent ceasefire.

The USA-Iran War has never fit comfortably into such normal classifications.

• During the first 47 years of the war, the Twelver regime of Iran didn’t just attack the United States, but attacked countless countries and interests all over the world...
• For 47 years, the Twelver regime would steadily build terrorist units and send them out across the world...