Despite intensive military strikes, the joint U.S.-Israeli campaign failed to achieve its objective of overthrowing the regime or altering its strategic behavior.
The author asserts that Israeli assessments were built on a superficial understanding of the nature of the Iranian regime and its capacity for resilience. This miscalculation shifted the conflict from a "regime change project" into an open-ended confrontation devoid of clear objectives, ultimately strengthening the influence of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and hardening Iran's nuclear and military stance. Meanwhile, Tehran maintains its enriched uranium stockpile and its capability to threaten global shipping and energy supplies via the Strait of Hormuz.
Concurrently, the Zionist entity's image within American public opinion has been damaged, as it is perceived as having dragged Washington into a costly and failed war. The article concludes that the current agreement with Iran represents the "lesser of two evils" for Washington, while simultaneously reflecting the failure of the campaign and the collapse of the Israeli gamble on a military resolution against Tehran.