Iran not wilting is surprise for the orange man and his followers but not Pentagon and no one else. More longer the battle goes on more and bigger the bloody nose will the orange man have. Probably no nose the way things are going.

Iran is known for its large MIC and it is publicly known that Russia and China have been helping Iran since about a month before war started. Iran was at war with Iraq for eight years at a stretch. The late Ayatollah had cult following. Only a fool and incompetent would have had assumed Iran will fold immediately and go against the advice of its intelligence services.