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Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by 89green(op): 10:28am On Mar 07

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved

Despite sustained U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, Washington’s three central strategic objectives in Iran remain unmet:

1️⃣Regime change

Iran’s political and military command structure continues to function. Even after leadership losses and infrastructure strikes, state continuity mechanisms remain intact. Regime change historically requires either internal collapse or a ground invasion. Airpower alone has never reliably removed entrenched governments with functioning security institutions.

2️⃣Ending Iran’s nuclear program

U.S. and Israeli strikes damaged parts of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, but the program itself remains intact. The IAEA reported that large quantities of highly enriched uranium were stored in underground tunnel complexes at Isfahan that appear to have survived the attacks. Iran’s nuclear architecture was deliberately designed with hardened and deeply buried facilities, limiting the effectiveness of airstrikes. The U.S. inventory of bunker-buster munitions is finite, while Iran maintains a large network of underground enrichment, storage, and fuel facilities.

3️⃣Eliminating Iran’s ballistic missile threat

Iran continues to launch missiles despite ongoing strikes. Its missile program is structurally resilient, relying on mobile launchers, dispersed stockpiles, and extensive underground storage. These systems were specifically designed to survive air campaigns and maintain retaliatory capability even under sustained attack.

For Iran, survival alone would constitute a strategic success. If the state endures despite direct U.S. military pressure, it would mark the failure of Washington’s long-standing strategy of coercion and signal the erosion of American hegemony in the Middle East. In that outcome, Iran would not simply remain a key regional power but would be positioned to help shape a new regional order increasingly defined by local actors rather than American dominance.

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Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by Obiedun(m): 10:34am On Mar 07*

But the war is still going on. In yoruba language, there is a saying that you can only predict the beginning of war not the end. Another one says, It is still raining and you say this rain is not up to the one that rained yesterday. Do you know what what will end?

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Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by Mattswaggz: 11:04am On Mar 07

Isn't number two already achieved?.

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Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by 89green(op): 11:34am On Mar 07

Mattswaggz:
Isn't number two already achieved?.

If it was already achieved then there isn't any need for a war. Why will Israel be allowed to have a nuclear program and Iran cannot??

"Israel is implicitly permitted to possess a nuclear deterrent due to its policy of strategic ambiguity, lack of formal Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) commitment, and alliance with the U.S., which views it as a responsible actor. Conversely, Iran is restricted as a signatory of the NPT, with its program viewed as an existential threat by Israel and the West, raising fears of regional proliferation."

Which threat grin

tell that to Russia and China

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by Mattswaggz: 12:21pm On Mar 07

89green:
If it was already achieved then there isn't any need for a war. Why will Israel be allowed to have a nuclear program and Iran cannot??

"Israel is implicitly permitted to possess a nuclear deterrent due to its policy of strategic ambiguity, lack of formal Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) commitment, and alliance with the U.S., which views it as a responsible actor. Conversely, Iran is restricted as a signatory of the NPT, with its program viewed as an existential threat by Israel and the West, raising fears of regional proliferation."

Which threat tell that to Russia and China

Well Iran has continually stated it aim to annihilate Israel and America.....isn't that threat enough?.

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by 89green(op): 12:55pm On Mar 07

Mattswaggz:
Well Iran has continually stated it aim to annihilate Israel and America.....isn't that threat enough?.

Is Israel and US not anihilating Palestinians?
Why is Russia not in the topic since they keep bombing Ukraine now and again

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by Mattswaggz: 12:59pm On Mar 07

89green:
Is Israel and US not anihilating Palestinians?
Why is Russia not in the topic since they keep bombing Ukraine now and again

You mean after Palestinians attacked?....not to mention they are Irans proxies as well.

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by 89green(op): 1:01pm On Mar 07

Mattswaggz:
You mean after Palestinians attacked?....not to mention they are Irans proxies as well.

Give me the timeline of when Palestinians attacked first, you have 24hrs grin

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by hotwax: 1:44pm On Mar 07

After 7 days. And the war has ended.

Iran spent more on online propaganda than air defence

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by samsononyilo(m): 1:50pm On Mar 07

The number of missiles Iran is launching kept reducing everyday, yet you still talk about their ballistic missiles?

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by Mattswaggz: 1:51pm On Mar 07

89green:
Give me the timeline of when Palestinians attacked first, you have 24hrs

Ever heard of oct7?.

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by 89green(op): 1:54pm On Mar 07

Mattswaggz:
Ever heard of oct7?.

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by hotwax: 2:01pm On Mar 07

In Islamist mind, the war has ended.

When Netanyahu said its going to be 2 months war.

The war has not started they are ticking objectives.

Loosers

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by Jangbajantis: 2:04pm On Mar 07

89green:
Is Israel and US not anihilating Palestinians?
Why is Russia not in the topic since they keep bombing Ukraine now and again

Houthi of Yemen, Hezbollah of Lebanon and Hamas of Palestine are all but the same branches of Iran terror network. Why shouldn't they wiped out when the states armies can't afford to?

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by Jangbajantis: 2:05pm On Mar 07

Don't worry, they're coming for Houthi next. But they need to cut off the head first.

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by 89green(op): 2:39pm On Mar 07

Jangbajantis:
Houthi of Yemen, Hezbollah of Lebanon and Hamas of Palestine are all but the same branches of Iran terror network. Why shouldn't they wiped out when the states armies can't afford to?

Can you justify the terrorism they do, You need to prove it to me that these are terrorists. I need some genuine evidences

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by Mattswaggz: 2:40pm On Mar 07

89green:

You haven't answered my question yet.

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by 89green(op): 2:49pm On Mar 07

Mattswaggz:
You haven't answered my question yet.

Go through the screenshot, oct 7 is also discussed in it and the uprising activities on that day

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by Mattswaggz: 2:53pm On Mar 07

89green:
Go through the screenshot, oct 7 is also discussed in it and the uprising activities on that day

So why did someone who claimed to be Fighting for the sake of resistance attack and off innocent souls and even celebrate it?.

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by 89green(op): 3:04pm On Mar 07*

Mattswaggz:
So why did someone who claimed to be Fighting for the sake of resistance attack and off innocent souls and even celebrate it?.

If people came to your community and begin to kill, rape and hostagelise the people, m sure you will stand there and keep watching even if you had the loaded resources to fight back. Slap me then I turn the other chick right grin

You can learn from this scenario below

Yesterday, A robbery went down at Iya Femi Restaurant in Minna. The thieves allegedly followed a victim from Taj Bank, confronted them with a gun, but things took a turn when the victim fought back, snatched the gun, and shot one of the robbers. The others still made off with the… pic.twitter.com/AA6lihTpq7
— /\/\|)ee🦁 (@Mr_Md33_) March 7, 2026

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by Mattswaggz: 3:31pm On Mar 07

[quote author=89green post=138693381]If people came to your community and begin to kill, rape and hostagelise the people, m sure you will stand there and keep watching even if you had the loaded resources to fight back. Slap me then I turn the other chick right grin

You can learn from this scenario below

Yesterday, A robbery went down at Iya Femi Restaurant in Minna. The thieves allegedly followed a victim from Taj Bank, confronted them with a gun, but things took a turn when the victim fought back, snatched the gun, and shot one of the robbers. The others still made off with the… pic.twitter.com/AA6lihTpq7
— /\/\|)ee🦁 (@Mr_Md33_) March 7, 2026

is exactly what Israel is doing....so why the fuse.

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by Igbophobia: 9:41pm On Mar 07

The war is just one week so be patient. Even the German Wehrmacht, the most efficient army the world has seen needed 2 weeks to defeat Poland.

Be patient.

Re: Trump’s Iran Strategy: Three Objectives — None Achieved by koxyz: 7:18am On Mar 08

Igbophobia:
The war is just one week so be patient. Even the German Wehrmacht, the most efficient army the world has seen needed 2 weeks to defeat Poland.

Be patient.

"Be patient", when the price of petrol is increasing astronomicaly, do you know the implications?

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