That's what I told F-22. Iran made their weapons by themselves, so unless you killed everyone who has ever worked on the missiles and drones, they will always rebuild especially when their existence is at stake.
At the end of WWII in Europe, Germany still possessed a massive number of men under arms. As did the Japanese in the Pacific (in China and SE Asia).
What the Allies did was break their will to fight. I'm not yet convinced we've broken Iran's will to fight.
If we've learned anything since our (the US) war in Vietnam, the enemy doesn't necessarily need to defeat us militarily on the battlefield. They can simply wait us out. The words of Ho Chi Minh should have served as a stark warning. Especially when facing an Asian adversary.
Iran knows full well this is an election year in the US. One where the incumbent President at the moment is seeing an increase in unpopularity. One that is based on what the people see, not which the President is telling them.
Raptor has said repeatedly "it's only another $20 at the pump". It may be nothing to him but to many, that $20 could be the difference between food on the table or not. Then there is the entire downstream economy that is fueled by energy. All of those costs are going up and the consumer is seeing it. It will only get worse in the fall.
Raptor loves his lagging indicators on how great the economy was. Leading indicators are painting a different story.
As long as Iran can stall for time, it will benefit them in the end. Anyone who thinks they've not been using the past 6 weeks to rebuild is deluding themselves.
