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Iran’s strikes on U.S. military sites revealed a wider scale of American losses than initially acknowledged, with congressional and satellite-based assessments pointing to damaged aircraft, disrupted bases, and hundreds of casualties.
President Donald Trump said the United States is “getting a lot closer” to an agreement with Iran. Here are the causes of why Trump did not want to return to war.
Two teenage gunmen opened fire Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing three men, including a mosque security guard.
While Trump is brandishing return to war, the emerging record of U.S. losses in the Iran war suggests that Washington paid a far higher operational price than it initially acknowledged.
Trump’s visit confirmed that the Middle East is no longer an arena where Washington can act alone and then ask others to absorb the consequences.
The Iran war gives the U.S. oil industry a powerful argument that U.S. energy dominance, expanded drilling, faster permits, LNG exports, and pressure on rival producers are not merely commercial priorities, but strategic necessities.
Riyadh’s position on Iran reflects neither sympathy for Tehran nor alignment with Israel’s escalation, but a deeper pragmatism shaped by years of disappointment in U.S. security guarantees.
In Tehran’s calculation, the higher the cost of the war rises, regionally and internationally, the greater its ability to reach a more sustainable ceasefire that better accounts for its demands.
Over the past year, the United States has demonstrated that its declarations of military success may function less as factual assessments than as political instruments.
Saudi Arabia’s refusal to allow the United States to use Saudi airspace and a key Saudi air base for “Project Freedom” forced President Donald Trump to pause the U.S. operation to escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.