Today is September 9. It is Day 193 of Trump's "2-3 week war" to overthrow Iran's government and send Iran "back to the stone age" that started on February 28.
Today, after carrying out three different attacks on American military infrastructure without the U.S. responding, Iran launched a massive retaliatory attack on U.S. bases in Jordan with 30-40 ballistic missiles in response to U.S. attacks on Iranian oil tankers.
Despite false claims by CENTCOM, the Strait of Hormuz remains largely impassable due to the actions of the IRGC Navy, which Trump claims to have completely destroyed. American gas prices remain at an all-time high for this war as a result.
Most/all Iranian missile bases remain fully functional, and only a few of Iran's hundreds of ballistic missile launchers have been targeted by U.S. airstrikes in the last few months.
Iran retains thousands of ballistic missiles in their underground cities. America's interceptor stockpiles are becoming more and more critically low as days go by - a trend that is only being worsened for them after they launched over 100 Patriot PAC-2/3 interceptors during today's Iranian attack.
The Iranian government and military command structure remains firmly in place, and there are no signs of cracks within their chain of command or inner circles.
This was has exposed America's weaknesses for the entire world to see, and they aren't even fighting a great power like Russia or China, but rather a middling/regional power. America's remaining reputation on the international stage is now extremely tarnished, and even their allies are beginning to turn towards China as a more reliable trading partner.
I can say that as someone in New Zealand, while my country has historically been one of, if not the most politically "anti-American" western countries in the world, any confidence or trust in the U.S. here has completely collapsed, as we now view them as an imperialist joke. More people here view China as a "friend" compared to the U.S. for the first time ever. I can imagine other countries are experiencing a similar phenomenon.
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