r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/Superb_Donkey1408 • Jul 30 '26
The Middle East Iran can’t win the 2026 war
Iran lost its supreme leader, most irgc generals, and a trillion dollars worth of infrastructure. Iran also antagonized most middle eastern neighbors preventing any sort of thawing in relations with Saudi Arabia which was something China has tried to facilitate for a decade. Now anyone living in the gulf nations will view Iran as a greater threat than Israel due to all the missiles from Iran killing civilians. Worst case scenario for the United States now is they decide to stop attacking with gaining no concessions from Iran. Iran now has inexperienced leadership and an irrational revenge stance that will inevitably result in further economic disasters like Iraq faced in the 1990s. Iran will never gain back its losses and the United States now can get the Middle East to normalize relations with Israel due to the mutual fear of Iran retaliation.