The U.S. Is Learning the Wrong Lessons in Iran

A wave of security analysis has focused on tactical and logistical shortcomings in the U.S. operation against Iran — insufficient munitions stockpiles, inadequate minesweepers, poor preparation for drone attacks and oil-shipping disruptions. The argument here is that these fixes would not have changed the campaign's outcome.

The Trump administration's stated war aims included regime change, destroying Iran's long-range strike capability, and altering its nuclear and regional proxy policies — none of which the piece says months of bombing and blockade achieved. The author frames this as a strategic failure that better logistics could not have salvaged.

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