It is easy to start a war. It is more difficult to stop one.
President Trump’s military intervention was too late to give victory to the mass protesters out to topple the government.
Now he is bombing, the protesters are more circumspect because the Revolutionary guards still seem to be in charge and have shown their willingness to murder protesters in large numbers.
The US claims to have destroyed the Iranian navy and airforce, but Iran is still able to direct missiles and drones against US bases and to offer a credible threat to shipping.
The US can carry on bombing as they find other stocks of weapons. They could try to bomb Revolutionary guards, though presumably they do not assemble in obvious locations. Where they blend into the local communities they gain some protection as the US needs to avoid civilian casualties.
Maybe the best the President can do is to bomb as much military and kill as many top officials as possible and declare victory. He will have to have destroyed most Iranian missiles and drones to greatly reduce the threats.
It would help if he can urgently establish a convoy protection system for tankers in the area.
March 11, 2026
Good morning.
Battles and wars end when one side concedes that victory is not possible and either seeks a truce or surrenders, or the other side considers its objectives met.
President Trump objectives are clear – To prevent the Iranian government obtaining a nuclear weapon. It also seeks to dismantle the means by any such weapon can be delivered. This would be obtained by making the Iranian government sign an agreement to that effect and allow unrestricted monitoring. No need for boots on the ground, this is not a dispute over territory, or even regime change.
As to the situation between the Iranian government and its people, it has lost all legitimacy. It is just a matter of time before it falls and is replaced by something else. I do not think the Iranian people what the former Shah’s son back.
They just want to be free. I wish them luck.
March 11, 2026
Good Morning,
To get some idea how this ends, it would be helpful to hear what the orange president wants to achieve, we don’t know. Netanyahu has given his objectives, no nukes or missiles, but leaving the regime means those can be rebuilt if the regime stays.
Trump is notoriously short on attention, when it suits him, he’ll walk away. Are there special forces going in across the Iraq border….?
March 11, 2026
It will help if he can start a convoy protection system through the straights.
Once again the west expecting Americans to stand in the firing line to protect oil flows. We need a multi national force but of course very few European countries have the assets, certainly not Britain.
Trump once again exposes the sheer stupidity of western governments preferring welfare over defence.
We can’t (or won’t) even protect our own shores let alone the Straights of Hormuz. No doubt the uniparty will be welcoming the Revolutionary Guards into 4 star hotels in Britain.