But the Jihadists won, at the end
I was just thinking.. Now Iraq war I is treated as a conflict, where US redeemed itself after the Vietnam debacle.. Also, US military only suffered a hundred odd deaths.. Sadam Hussein's strategy was to cause maybe a few thousand US military casualties, turning US public opinion against the war, and thus causing US military withdrawal.. Sadam failed in this.. Also, Iraq war I had a limited objective of expulsion of Iraqi troops from Kuwait..
But what if Sadam had precision strike weapons like Iran. Fortunately for the US it had a monopoly over precision weapons in 1991.. But, as Iran has demonstrated by attacks on US occupied AL Assad air base, and Saudi oil facilities, Iran has them too.. And not just Iran, but a few other nations have the capability to kill a few hundred American soldiers in a day, which would make the woke Yankees' stomach ache.. And that has seriously limited US options against capable nation state adversaries..
And so the pansy US is negotiating away with Iran to limit and cut back its ballistic missile program, as part of nuclear deal, because right now, Iran's theory is, the more the number of precious American soldiers in the neighborhood, the merrier it is..
A hundred Yankee roasted soldiers' bodies for breakfast
is deterrence against US adventures