War is also won in the realm of perception. And it is precisely on this terrain that Iran has achieved its most decisive victory. By confronting both the United States and Israel without capitulating, Iran has transformed resistance, endurance, and its capacity to exert pressure into regional political capital.

This is not a conventional military victory, but something perhaps more profound: the consolidation of an image of an actor capable of imposing limits on imperial power.

Even internal debate within the United States is beginning to acknowledge this reality, revealing a growing discomfort with the erosion of the myth of American military superiority—a superiority that no longer guarantees strategic victory. 

Even internal debate within the United States is beginning to acknowledge this reality, revealing a growing discomfort with the erosion of the myth of American military superiority—a superiority that no longer guarantees strategic victory. 

Destroying targets, neutralising infrastructure, or launching high-precision offensives does not resolve the central problem: the inability to translate force into lasting political control.

This is not historically new. From Vietnam to Afghanistan, US firepower has proven insufficient to secure stability or submission. What is different now is that Iran is not merely resisting—it is reorganising the........

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