GWXP
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War is lost if objectives are not achieved.
Israel's goals in its war against Iran:
1) Degrade and destroy Iranian nuclear program and remove the threat of Iran building nuclear weapons.
2) Degrade Iran's ballistic missiles program.
3) Weaken Iran's military leadership and the ability of its military to effectively retaliate to Israel's attack.
4) Create internal crisis in the regime by killing key officials.
RESULTS OF THE WAR:
1) Destroy Iranian nuclear program - now even CNN and BBC say that Iranian nuclear program is not destroyed and key components of the program are intact - FAILURE.
2) Remove the threat of Iran building nuclear weapons - because the nuclear program is not destroyed and Iran still has 408kg of 60% enriched uranium and IR-6 centrifuges that have been evacuated from nuclear facilities the threat of Iran building nuclear weapons is not removed. Moreover, after this strike Iran might accelerate its rush to a bomb - FAILURE.
3) Degrade Iranian nuclear program - but now even Pentagon says that Iranian nuclear program has been rolled back by only few months - VERY LIMITED SUCCESS.
4) Degrade Iran's ballistic missiles program - but Iranian missile bases and missile production facilities are located 200m underground and can be destroyed only by multiple tactical nuclear strikes. Israel was unable to destroy Iran's missile program and capabilities and during the war Iran launched more than 500 ballistic missiles at Israel with multiple impacts in major Israeli cities and this proved that David's Sling, Arrow-3, PAC-3, THAAD and SM-3 are ineffective - FAILURE.
5) Weaken Iran's military leadership and the ability of Iran's military to effectively retaliate to Israel's attack - Israel succeeded in killing several military leaders, but it failed to prevent Iran from launching effective retaliation against Israel. Killed generals have been quickly replaced and retaliation against Israel was launched - FAILURE.
6) Create internal crisis within the regime by killing key officials - Israel killed key generals of the IRGC who were important pillars of the system, but these generals have been replaced by other loyal generals and Iranian system has shown strong resilience - FAILURE.
We can say that Israel failed to achieve its objectives and ISRAEL LOST THIS WAR.
Instead what was achieved by Israel and US is the unity of Iranian people with the Islamic government with all Iranians rallying around Khamenei against external enemies. And now the entire pro-Western opposition in Iran is discredited as traitors and enemy collaborators. Also after this attack Iran might decide to accelerate its nuclear weapons program.
Israel's goals in its war against Iran:
1) Degrade and destroy Iranian nuclear program and remove the threat of Iran building nuclear weapons.
2) Degrade Iran's ballistic missiles program.
3) Weaken Iran's military leadership and the ability of its military to effectively retaliate to Israel's attack.
4) Create internal crisis in the regime by killing key officials.
RESULTS OF THE WAR:
1) Destroy Iranian nuclear program - now even CNN and BBC say that Iranian nuclear program is not destroyed and key components of the program are intact - FAILURE.
2) Remove the threat of Iran building nuclear weapons - because the nuclear program is not destroyed and Iran still has 408kg of 60% enriched uranium and IR-6 centrifuges that have been evacuated from nuclear facilities the threat of Iran building nuclear weapons is not removed. Moreover, after this strike Iran might accelerate its rush to a bomb - FAILURE.
3) Degrade Iranian nuclear program - but now even Pentagon says that Iranian nuclear program has been rolled back by only few months - VERY LIMITED SUCCESS.
4) Degrade Iran's ballistic missiles program - but Iranian missile bases and missile production facilities are located 200m underground and can be destroyed only by multiple tactical nuclear strikes. Israel was unable to destroy Iran's missile program and capabilities and during the war Iran launched more than 500 ballistic missiles at Israel with multiple impacts in major Israeli cities and this proved that David's Sling, Arrow-3, PAC-3, THAAD and SM-3 are ineffective - FAILURE.
5) Weaken Iran's military leadership and the ability of Iran's military to effectively retaliate to Israel's attack - Israel succeeded in killing several military leaders, but it failed to prevent Iran from launching effective retaliation against Israel. Killed generals have been quickly replaced and retaliation against Israel was launched - FAILURE.
6) Create internal crisis within the regime by killing key officials - Israel killed key generals of the IRGC who were important pillars of the system, but these generals have been replaced by other loyal generals and Iranian system has shown strong resilience - FAILURE.
We can say that Israel failed to achieve its objectives and ISRAEL LOST THIS WAR.
Instead what was achieved by Israel and US is the unity of Iranian people with the Islamic government with all Iranians rallying around Khamenei against external enemies. And now the entire pro-Western opposition in Iran is discredited as traitors and enemy collaborators. Also after this attack Iran might decide to accelerate its nuclear weapons program.
