Iran, facing precise and lethal U.S. and Israeli strikes beginning February 28, 2026, did not surrender, instead demonstrating a strategy of "Endless Warfare." This approach, also adopted by other U.S. adversaries, involves persistent confrontation operating both below and above the threshold of open conflict, aiming for cumulative gains and exhausting U.S.
strategic resolve rather than conventional battlefield victory. Iran's objectives include regime survival, generating regional and global political, diplomatic, and economic chaos to influence U.S. decision-making, and securing favorable terms. Tehran leverages terrorist surrogates, drones and missiles for coercion in areas like the Strait of Hormuz, cyber capabilities, cognitive warfare, an empowered IRGC, and transactional ties with Russia and China. This contrasts with the U.S. perception of finite engagements, highlighting a strategic divergence where adversaries view conflict as an unending struggle for political, economic, and coercive leverage, securing freedom of action, and expanding advantage.
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