Wars are not won only on the battlefield; sometimes the biggest defeats are caused by overconfidence and miscalculation of military power. The history of US foreign policy is full of examples where pride in weapons has been given priority over realistic analysis. As a result, Washington has been trapped in the trap of a long, expensive and fruitless war.
The US’s ‘Forty Day War’ against Iran can also be assessed from this perspective. Although this war began with the aim of changing the balance in favor of the US and its allies through a demonstration of military power, in reality it became a test of ‘hard power’ or the limits of military power.