This whole debacle was a rousing success. The question is for whom. It wasn’t a victory for the US citizens writ large. It wasn’t a win for any NATO allies. It wasn’t a win for the vast majority of the people in the world.
There’s a few people/groups we can assume did win:
The wealthy: they were given insider trading info and made billions
Iran’s leadership: they have come out regionally stronger
Israel’s government: they got to genocide more Lebanese, Palestinians, Syrians, and Gazans under the cover of a regional war.
The inside circle in the executive branch that weren’t outright fired
It’s mostly an insider trading game at the expense of lives, money, and the US’ sitting on the geopolitical stage. This is all part of the smash and grab stage of this presidency.
All the military weapon suppliers who now get to restock the used supply. I wouldn’t be surprised if they pushed this as a way to funnel money to them.
The state leadership did seem to have politically outmaneuvered the US and Israel, however. I think that was OP’s point. They definitely won the culture war and controlling the narrative…not hard considering they were not the aggressors.
This whole debacle was a rousing success. The question is for whom. It wasn’t a victory for the US citizens writ large. It wasn’t a win for any NATO allies. It wasn’t a win for the vast majority of the people in the world.
There’s a few people/groups we can assume did win:
It’s mostly an insider trading game at the expense of lives, money, and the US’ sitting on the geopolitical stage. This is all part of the smash and grab stage of this presidency.
Also, no one is talking about the Epstein Files anymore.
the what files? i too am completely distracted from the trump-epstein friendship files
All the military weapon suppliers who now get to restock the used supply. I wouldn’t be surprised if they pushed this as a way to funnel money to them.
Good analysis, agreed on all points.
Even the one about Iran’s leadership. Like the top ones, the top contenders and generals who were all killed. Did they win.
Good point, and yeah no, they were murdered.
The state leadership did seem to have politically outmaneuvered the US and Israel, however. I think that was OP’s point. They definitely won the culture war and controlling the narrative…not hard considering they were not the aggressors.
Israel genocided Syrians? How devalued has that word have become?
Yes:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/17/syria-israel-forcibly-displaces-villagers-in-occupied-south
https://unwatch.org/item-7/claim/claim-18-israel-violates-human-rights-in-the-golan-heights/