Over the weekend, the United States and Israel pulled off one of the most operationally impressive military campaigns in recent memory. In the span of 48 hours, they killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, decapitated much of the country's political and military leadership, destroyed its air defenses, decimated its naval assets, and degraded significant portions of its nuclear facilities and ballistic missile capabilities. Operationally, it was a clear success, executed with zero external constraints and little meaningful resistance. Strategically … maybe not so much.
Read Full Article »