Israel and the U.S. Delivered a Blow to Iran. It Could Come Back Stronger.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/10/iran-axis-of-resistance-israel-us/683973/
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Israel and the U.S. Delivered a Blow to Iran. It Could Come Back Stronger.

This article details how Israel and the U.S. dealt significant blows to Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' in mid-2025, leading to the decimation of proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas, and the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria. Despite these major setbacks, the article argues that Iran's leadership, historically resilient and innovative in its adversarial strategies, is unlikely to abandon its core anti-U.S. and anti-Israel stance. The current period of 'peace' is presented as a temporary phase, with Iran expected to develop new, possibly more covert, methods to continue its campaign of harassment and destabilization in the region, rather than reassess its fundamental priorities.

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such a bloody retelling about the lack of peace in the middle east from the perspective of one of its most unruly and stubborn neighbors.

the article was one violent act after another. without much purpose beyond hate, vengeance and maintaining corruption.

the article starts with the retelling of a debate about how peace is just one side oppressing another, making the case for war and losers.

a pretty grim start to a story that never finds peace and only losers. the latest victory lap by one side doesn't hold a candle to the cost of this history. especially if that cost is still being paid by citizens and soldiers alike.

there are no easy answers. and no winners.

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2025

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This article details how Israel and the U.S. dealt significant blows to Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' in mid-2025, leading to the decimation of proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas, and the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria. Despite these major setbacks, the article argues that Iran's leadership, historically resilient and innovative in its adversarial strategies, is unlikely to abandon its core anti-U.S. and anti-Israel stance. The current period of 'peace' is presented as a temporary phase, with Iran expected to develop new, possibly more covert, methods to continue its campaign of harassment and destabilization in the region, rather than reassess its fundamental priorities.

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