# Why a Critic Calls the US-Iran War a Strategic Failure

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120450229396746531
- Source account: [@HamedHakimi18](https://x.com/HamedHakimi18)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:01
- Published: 2026-11-11
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/FYFYKBwYtKfp/en/why-a-critic-calls-the-us-iran-war-a-strategic-failure

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/FYFYKBwYtKfp/en/why-a-critic-calls-the-us-iran-war-a-strategic-failure) Iran might have done more of a regime change in the US than the US did in Iran.

[0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/FYFYKBwYtKfp/en/why-a-critic-calls-the-us-iran-war-a-strategic-failure?t=5) I just wanna put this in perspective. The US spent at the least forty-seven billion dollars as of right now to go to war with Iran.

[0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/FYFYKBwYtKfp/en/why-a-critic-calls-the-us-iran-war-a-strategic-failure?t=14) We ripped apart alliances all throughout the region, we crashed the global economy, we were made to look like a big teddy bear on the world stage, all for Iran to say they are just going to wait for the midterm elections.

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/FYFYKBwYtKfp/en/why-a-critic-calls-the-us-iran-war-a-strategic-failure?t=27) And Iran was correct. The US, whether it be civilians or our government officials, know nothing about Iran.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/FYFYKBwYtKfp/en/why-a-critic-calls-the-us-iran-war-a-strategic-failure?t=35) We don't know their political structure, we barely know their culture, we don't understand how their leadership works, and the people that are choosing to bomb these countries that are experts don't even speak their language.

[0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/FYFYKBwYtKfp/en/why-a-critic-calls-the-us-iran-war-a-strategic-failure?t=47) So I think it's pretty safe to say we have been outclassed.

[0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/FYFYKBwYtKfp/en/why-a-critic-calls-the-us-iran-war-a-strategic-failure?t=51) This war should have never started, and the only question now is, is Donald Trump's ego willing to back out now, just taking L after L?