[equaviator]

"It wasn't the war itself, it was the "on-again, off-again" nature of it"

If they would have planned it as a year-long endeavor instead of trying to expedite the whole thing, then maybe it wouldn't have seemed like such an on-again, off-again operation. I think the situation calls for a brand new operation(s) with a more reasonable timeline where any pauses in action won't last longer than periods of action until victory is achieved and secured and sustained.

[drwoof]

It was like watching a bad boxing match. A few blows, some disorientation and maybe even a knockdown, then an announced break so fighters could gather themselves up enough to fight again, then repeat. That’s not war. War is a constant attack until surrender. I don’t know what to call what happened/is happening in Iran, but it is not war. We are at this point unmoored as a nation, and I am praying.