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| We have lost 8 years since Netanyahu & Trump threw away the JCPOA
| We will never get a deal that good now

|
| Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the
| Path to Defeat in Iran
|
| Six weeks after the United States and Israel launched a war
| against Iran, what was the political object? Not the
| military means and objectives -- those are the hammer, not
| the nail. The nail is: What condition in the world, what
| durable change in Iran's relationship to the United States
| and its neighbors, were these strikes meant to produce?
| That question was never answered, because it was never
| seriously asked. The Trump administration confused the
| instrument for the purpose and then changed the purpose
| whenever the instrument produced inconvenient results.
| ... <https://warontherocks.com/tactical-success-strategic-failure-washington-walks-the-path-to-defeat-in-iran/>

--bks
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Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

| We have lost 8 years since Netanyahu & Trump threw away the JCPOA
| We will never get a deal that good now

|
| Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the
| Path to Defeat in Iran
|
| Six weeks after the United States and Israel launched a war
| against Iran, what was the political object? Not the
| military means and objectives -- those are the hammer, not
| the nail. The nail is: What condition in the world, what
| durable change in Iran's relationship to the United States
| and its neighbors, were these strikes meant to produce?
| That question was never answered, because it was never
| seriously asked. The Trump administration confused the
| instrument for the purpose and then changed the purpose
| whenever the instrument produced inconvenient results.
| ... <https://warontherocks.com/tactical-success-strategic-failure-washington-walks-the-path-to-defeat-in-iran/>

--bks

A lot of this claims that because Trump varied his responses that he
didn't know what he was up to? Have you ever considered that he didn't
really want to tell people what he was doing and very well may have had
a strong concrete plan? Why do you TDS always act like you can read
Trump's mind from his actions and words? I swear these journalists write
it like they know exactly what he's thinking from what he's doing, and
it's just not that simple.
--
Pharaoh was so pleased with Hadad that he gave him a
sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, in marriage.
The sister of Tahpenes bore him a son named Genubath,
whom Tahpenes brought up in the royal palace. There
Genubath lived with Pharaoh’s own children.
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| We have lost 8 years since Netanyahu & Trump threw away the JCPOA
| We will never get a deal that good now

| Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the
| Path to Defeat in Iran

|
| Iran's Regime Has Changed--for the Worse
| ...
| The U.S. and Israel launched the war with the hope that
| killing top Iranian officials--starting with Mojtaba's
| father, Ali Khamenei--would create the conditions for
| regime change or at least the emergence of leaders more
| willing to bend to America and Israel's interests. In an
| address to the nation one month into the war, President
| Trump called the new leadership "more reasonable."
| Instead, the void is being filled by radical new leaders
| who have shown little interest in political compromise at
| home or abroad.
| ... <https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-radical-regime-change-a42d96ea>

--bks

Heckuva job, Trumpy!
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Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

| We have lost 8 years since Netanyahu & Trump threw away the JCPOA
| We will never get a deal that good now

| Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the
| Path to Defeat in Iran

|
| Iran's Regime Has Changed--for the Worse
| ...
| The U.S. and Israel launched the war with the hope that
| killing top Iranian officials--starting with Mojtaba's
| father, Ali Khamenei--would create the conditions for
| regime change or at least the emergence of leaders more
| willing to bend to America and Israel's interests. In an
| address to the nation one month into the war, President
| Trump called the new leadership "more reasonable."
| Instead, the void is being filled by radical new leaders
| who have shown little interest in political compromise at
| home or abroad.
| ... <https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-radical-regime-change-a42d96ea>

--bks

Heckuva job, Trumpy!

Hell yeah Ali Khamenei is dead! The 47 year dictator finally fell. Iran
has new leadership! Khamenei was so anti-US he probably told bin Laden
to hit the twin towers.
--
Pharaoh was so pleased with Hadad that he gave him a
sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, in marriage.
The sister of Tahpenes bore him a son named Genubath,
whom Tahpenes brought up in the royal palace. There
Genubath lived with Pharaoh’s own children.
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phoenix <j63840576@gmail.com> wrote in
news:n49gh4Fl20sU10@mid.individual.net:

Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

| We have lost 8 years since Netanyahu & Trump threw away the
| JCPOA We will never get a deal that good now

| Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the
| Path to Defeat in Iran

|
| Iran's Regime Has Changed--for the Worse
| ...
| The U.S. and Israel launched the war with the hope that
| killing top Iranian officials--starting with Mojtaba's
| father, Ali Khamenei--would create the conditions for
| regime change or at least the emergence of leaders more
| willing to bend to America and Israel's interests. In an
| address to the nation one month into the war, President
| Trump called the new leadership "more reasonable."
| Instead, the void is being filled by radical new leaders
| who have shown little interest in political compromise at
| home or abroad.
| ...
<https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-radical-regime-change-a42d
96ea>

--bks

Heckuva job, Trumpy!

Hell yeah Ali Khamenei is dead! The 47 year dictator finally fell.
Iran has new leadership! Khamenei was so anti-US he probably told bin
Laden to hit the twin towers.

An aging hard line radical got
replaced by a young hard line radical.

So much winning!








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On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:08:24 -0000 (UTC), bks@panix.com (Bradley K.
Sherman) wrote:

| We have lost 8 years since Netanyahu & Trump threw away the JCPOA
| We will never get a deal that good now

| Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the
| Path to Defeat in Iran

|
| Iran's Regime Has Changed--for the Worse
| ...
| The U.S. and Israel launched the war with the hope that
| killing top Iranian officials--starting with Mojtaba's
| father, Ali Khamenei--would create the conditions for
| regime change or at least the emergence of leaders more
| willing to bend to America and Israel's interests. In an
| address to the nation one month into the war, President
| Trump called the new leadership "more reasonable."
| Instead, the void is being filled by radical new leaders
| who have shown little interest in political compromise at
| home or abroad.
| ...
<https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-radical-regime-change-a42d96ea>

--bks

Heckuva job, Trumpy!

Paywalled crap noted.

"We're Iran and we paid for Bradley's subscription and for him to post
this message".
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| We have lost 8 years since Netanyahu & Trump threw away the JCPOA >>>>>> | We will never get a deal that good now

| Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the
| Path to Defeat in Iran

| Iran's Regime Has Changed--for the Worse

|
| Iran Is Teaching Us Something About the American War Machine
|
| "History is littered with great power militaries that
| looked in the mirror every day and told themselves that
| they were the best in the world -- until they got popped,"
| the former Pentagon official Michael Horowitz told me.
| "This is the time where danger lights should be flashing
| for a great power like the United States, if we take
| history as a guide."
| ...
<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/opinion/iran-drone-war.html>

--bks
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Bradley K. Sherman wrote:

| We have lost 8 years since Netanyahu & Trump threw away the JCPOA >>>>>>> | We will never get a deal that good now

| Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the
| Path to Defeat in Iran

| Iran's Regime Has Changed--for the Worse

|
| Iran Is Teaching Us Something About the American War Machine
|
| "History is littered with great power militaries that
| looked in the mirror every day and told themselves that
| they were the best in the world -- until they got popped,"
| the former Pentagon official Michael Horowitz told me.
| "This is the time where danger lights should be flashing
| for a great power like the United States, if we take
| history as a guide."
| ...
<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/opinion/iran-drone-war.html>

--bks

+1

Can't they see how Russia was stymied by Ukraine? I thought Trump had
learned this lesson but apparently not. These lesser militaries are not dwarved by US power but are just somewhat shorter. Underestimating them
is the worst mistake a power can make today.
--
Pharaoh was so pleased with Hadad that he gave him a
sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, in marriage.
The sister of Tahpenes bore him a son named Genubath,
whom Tahpenes brought up in the royal palace. There
Genubath lived with Pharaoh’s own children.
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| We have lost 8 years since Netanyahu & Trump threw away the JCPOA
| We will never get a deal that good now

|
| Trump Dictates the Terms in Lebanon and Iran, Leaving
| Netanyahu Boxed In
|
| The Israeli prime minister told the security cabinet that
| the U.S.-facilitated cease-fire is an effort to align on
| the major issue - Iran. But Netanyahu can't convince the
| Israeli public that the war's goals were achieved, with
| Hezbollah not disarmed and the Iranian regime still largely
| intact
| ... <https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-04-17/ty-article/.premium/trump-hijacked-israeli-foreign-policy-so-netanyahu-had-no-say-in-lebanon-truce/0000019d-97f2-d290-afbf-b7f6aed40000>

--bks
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