your summary may be somewhat overly optimistic.

… I do not want to see where we wind up if the pessimistic road is the one we take.

Iraq burned down 100’s of Kuwaiti oil drills on the way out.

Kuwait Oil Fires
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwaiti_oil_fires

And Haliburton made billions in its wake!

"The first casualty of war is the truth."

I can't remember the name of them but I think they're on the sea floor. And I have no idea who they're trying to dissuade. I tune in in the pm, so am catching up.

And I believe they are put into the water and use magnetism to attach themselves to ships.

or any of several other sensors , acoustic comes to mind, to trigger the explosion.

Very good summation.. though
also very sad and disturbing for
so many, including us.

You'd be closer if you just moved the decimal point. Upwards for our casualties and downwards for theirs.

I'm betting that's still true.

If you remember, Dubya (another cowardly draft dodger) wouldn't allow the caskets to be shown.

that had just been informed that he had to go talk to Great-Aunt Martha till dinner.

...I just knew there had to be lots of wounded, but they were saying nothing, and I suppose our "press" didn't press very hard for info, if at all. I feel bad for all those well-meaning soldiers who were doing their duty. Unfortunately, their orders were coming from madmen.

As for #2, Trump deserves some intense humiliation, as do his supporters. No doubt some of us well-meaning people will suffer at the same time.

And #3, I will cry no tears for Bibi Netanyahu. He should have been jailed long ago, a lot like Trump. Again, lots of innocent civilians are caught up in the slaughter, and whose fault is that?

Your last point is too dark, and it assumes there will be no one in Trump's circle and no one in Bibi's circle that can talk some sense into them. It might look that way now, but everything is subject to change. No one is invincible.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

When your leadership gets killed it's hard to say you're winning. And their attempts at retaliation are upsetting their neighbors.

I think like most wars, there aren't any real winners, just dead soldiers and civilians, a lot of damage, and wasted money.

I wouldn't lose sleep worrying about the Iranians.

Their missile supply dwindles daily and most of their launches are lightly armed drones.

They may try to drag the conflict on would be my guess, drag out the cost of munitions and price of oil on us

I don’t see them capitulating to a full surrender