In a conflict with the Iranian regime that is not going as planned, the American President finds himself facing a situation in the Middle East similar to those faced by his predecessors.
The war of Donald Trump against Iran was supposed to be quick and decisive. There was no question of getting involved in a costly new military adventure in the Middle East. The operation was supposed to be a combination of successful precedents from his second term: the power of Midnight Hammer, the precision bombings of the B-2 and Tomahawk against Iranian nuclear facilities in June 2025, with the decisive effect of Absolute Resolve, the heliport raid that decapitated the Chavista regime, transforming a hostile country into a docile client state in 48 hours. Trump himself chose the name of this new operation: Epic Fury. A month later, the operation did not go as planned. It is discreetly being dubbed in Washington as “Epic Fiasco” (the English version is less polite).
The United States had relied on a rapid and kinetic air war. Iran responded with an asymmetric war of attrition, countering military power with economic weapons.
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