It doesn't matter what the volume of fire is, what sort of threat the system poses, if they are even remotely effective.
For our MSM, all that matters is finding an angle where they can make the assertion that Trump failed.
Once the air campaign did start, suddenly collateral damage became an issue - it wasn't an issue in Ukraine (Biden), Syria (Obama), Libya (Obama)...
By month 2, Iran became a “forever war,” - no mention how Ukraine is a forever war after 4.5 YEARS!
Take a look at the mission where we bombed their nuclear sites end of 2025. The news media IMMEDIATELY tried to claim the bunkers were not destroyed or at least put it in question, they tried to find a USAF guy that bad mouthed the mission and especially the leadership, they argued Iran can quickly rebuild. Anything to minimize the success.
Our MSM, and social media, are strongly biased in favor of left / socialist ideas and the Democrat party. Look at the coverage of Mamdani, it's overwhelmingly positive in tone.
The significance of how this impacts the information we are fed and how it is spun, cannot be over stated.
Look at Biden and how he stumbled and mumbled, fell up the stairs and on stage repeatedly, shat his pants, can't remember his own cabinet member names, lets one rip before a British royal, gets lost at the White House, or goes off on extended blank stares at times (which our news media edits out)... And our media no kidding repeated the “smart as a tack” narrative without questioning it.
It was so bad, that it was laughable, and some picked up on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kKUye23KBQ
You have the Dutches herself saying, Biden let one rip before me, she and others could hear and smell it: https://nypost.com/2021/11/07/camilla-parker-bowles-keeps-talking-about-biden-fart-at-cop26/ But our MSM is unsure about it. Our fact checkers cannot confirm this: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/biden-fart-duchess-cornwall/
When Trump was accused of groping a woman on an airplane, did the media question the accuracy of this ladies account? Nope. That immediately became a fact, until eyewitnesses on that flight and remembering the events came forward to contradict this ladies account of things.
It's just this simple:
Democrats = good. Republicans = bad.
Democrat wars = good. Republican wars = bad.
There isn't more depth to this.
On what grounds will you determine whether Trump failed?