WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters he believes the war in Iran “militarily is effectively over,” suggesting that — at least for now — he’s not prepared to resume the bombardment that has devastated the Islamic Republic and caused reverberations across the global economy.
I would tend to agree, but I’m still not sure what the purpose of the war was, so I’m fuzzy on if the US achieved its goals or not.
They stated multiple times at the start of this shitshow that the clear aim was to topple the government and replace it with a pro American one. They drew the red carpet for the Shah’s son and paraded him around US and European tv stations. They also declared they would completely neutralize Iran’s nuclear program. As far as I can tell they have achieved none of these things