05:20 07-04-2026

US and Israel Failed to Reach Goals in Iran: RS

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Responsible Statecraft says the US and Israel failed to achieve their goals in Iran, as their strategy triggered escalation, an oil crisis and retaliation.

According to commentators at the American outlet Responsible Statecraft, the United States and Israel failed to achieve in Iran the results they had originally counted on. The authors noted that Washington and Tel Aviv entered the war against Teheran with high expectations.

In their assessment, however, the decapitation campaign produced the opposite effect. Instead of delivering the desired outcome, it led to the rise of a tougher successor, a wider regional explosion, an oil crisis that hit economies around the world, and retaliatory strikes on allied bases.

The publication argued that the strategy of removing a leader and dismantling a regime did not work. On the contrary, it only reinforced among Iranians the message long promoted by those who had warned about the enemy’s intentions from the start.

The authors also concluded that many leaders drag their countries into war not after a sober calculation of costs and benefits, but because they are convinced that violence is the fastest route to power. In that view, wars launched by aggressors often end up harming not only their enemies, but the initiators themselves.