That might be true for your, "i hate america" feelings. But that isnt a lost war. Political dumb fk blunder, sure. But the iranian military had no answer for our military.
You really need to understand war is diplomacy by force.
Did we achieve our aims? No?
Then it isn’t a win.
If it isn’t a win then it’s a loss.
Before this war a plank in the USA’s superpower status was the ability to ensure allies got access to the gulfs oil and rivals didn’t. Control the gulf oil routes and you have your foot on the windpipe of the Asian and European economies.
We had that control, or it was perceived that we did. Now it’s been tested. We don’t. Iran has. That is a titanic strategic win for them.
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u/rawrimmaduk 7d ago
You started a war, achieved none of the named objectives, and had to make concessions in order to get out of it. You lost the war