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Iran Is Not Even Close to Winning the War

Smoke plumes rise from an ongoing fire following an overnight airstrike on the Shahran oil refinery in northwestern Tehran, on March 8, 2026. AFP via Getty Images

Mike Fredenburg
9/8/2026|Updated: 9/8/2026

Commentary

The airwaves and blogs are full of pundits and other self-proclaimed experts declaring that the United States has lost or is losing the war. Certainly, there is little doubt the war has not gone as smoothly as the Trump administration expected it to. And if you believe the United States’ inability to wrap up a nice, clean win (super unlikely) before the November midterms is a significant win for the Iranian regime, you are correct. But does that really mean Iran is winning the war, strategically or otherwise?

History tells us that merely maintaining a limited capacity to lob missiles and drones at your opponent does not mean you are winning. Neither does the ability to exert limited control over a waterway mean you are winning. By any reasonable standard of military degradation, strategic isolation, economic collapse, and regional realignment, it is the United States that is winning this war—a war that probably should have been fought after Iran’s proxies, including Hezbollah,...

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