The thing is the bar is a lot lower for the Iranian regime, regarding 'declaring victory' or even actually 'achieving victory'. I think most people realise that the regime, militarily, has been taking a big pounding via the aerial bombing, but the thing is there has been no sign of the security forces there turning against the regime or of anti-regime people revolting in the streets in numbers. These might yet happen of course, but now I am getting the feeling that the chances are higher than 50 percent (maybe around 70-80 percent) that the regime will survive this, and then possibly continue to rule, at least in the foreseeable future. Most probably due to economic fallout, US and Israel will soon call it quits after declaring victory and saying stuff like 'Now, it is up to the Iranian people to finish the job'.
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