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Even Narrow U.S. War Aims in Iran Will Be Hard to Achieve (foreignpolicy.com)
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When even Foreign Policy can't follow the War Plot you know you really really fucked up.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

narrow aims

  • Kill a bunch of Iranian locals and broadcast the deaths via one of those grainy night vision videos. Insist everyone you killed was a Hamas terrorist.

  • Claim you have once again destroyed their nuclear program. Thank Israel for their support and invite Netanyahu to DC to celebrate.

  • Do a victory lap on cable news, bragging about how you won another war and deserve the next Peace Prize.

  • Ask Congress for another $100B in Pentagon spending, because you ran out of ships again. Name the next Aircraft Carrier the USS Melanie

All very achievable.