The U.S. conduct of the war on Iran, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, lacks strategic coherence and attention to lessons from other conflicts, despite a 2015 accord and last year's Operation Midnight Hammer having already severely damaged Iran’s nuclear facilities and potentially entombed highly enriched uranium. The article argues that if the goal was further nuclear setback, it was unnecessary, and if regime change, it was beyond reach, as Iran's hardliners remain in power, bolstered by the militant Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
U.S. leaders might have been misled by "lightning strikes" like Midnight Hammer, overlooking lessons from protracted conflicts like Korea, Vietnam, and the Iran-Iraq war. Iran, receiving aid from Beijing and Moscow, possesses potent short-range precision-guided missiles and long-range attack drones, including the Shahed, enabling it to threaten shipping via the Hormuz Strait. The U.S. also failed to build a credible public case for the expanded war, neglecting UN support and allied consultation, unlike previous Gulf crises. The U.S. should improve its military posture in the region, learning from past wars, given potential ceasefire instability.
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