The elites miscalculated. Thiel, Musk and the others that hold Trump’s leash thought that it would be a quick victory. But the Iranian people turned out to be stronger than they anticipated.
No miscalculation. The military industrial complex loves war. It doesn’t matter who wins so long as their products are used.
They like winning wars. They don’t like being made to look like fools.
If they win then the war is over. The military industrial complex much prefers indefinite wars, like the cold war, war on drugs, war on terrorism etc.
The Iranian people were getting gunned down in the streets by the Iranian government just a few months before Trump attacked.
It’s the Iranian government and military that managed to hold on. Trumps attack only made them stronger.
I have no way of knowing how popular the Iranian government is with the Iranian people. But there is enough of them that support it for the regime to be stable.
Are you talking about Putin or Xi?
Lot of Maga idiots on Lemmy today. Do you really think Trump is the world’s most powerful man?