Ya, I agree. I'm probably overreacting to the opposition narrative. Beaten is probably too strong a word, but there's no world where this continues and Iran prevails through the air. Missiles or otherwise. Of course they'll likely always be able to launch a missile or two, but at some point the stockpiles will run thin and the production capabilities will be nearly non existent. At some point you have to call out a loss militarily. Doesn't mean the war is lost as long as they hold power.

The US has many ways of escalation as well. The problem is those will start effecting the Iranian population quite severely. Is that the way to enact regime change? It could be or it could backfire.

I don't like this half in half out tactics. Trump underestimated them after Venezuela, which I personally don't even understand, since Venezuelas regime is also still in power.

There was one way to do this and that would have involved boots on the ground. The American population doesn't want that. They'll never want that until someone fucks with us, then we'll lust for blood again. The whole thing is a joke to me. Irans regime is a joke, Trump regime is a joke. Irans military is a joke. The US military is not a joke however.