How the Israel-Iran War Might End (or Not)

A Grim Bullet Points Forecast for Greater Understanding (or Fear).

This war isn’t about deterrence or defense anymore; it’s about narratives, survival optics, and preemptive legacies. Iran is trying to look undefeated while bleeding. Israel is trying to look restrained while escalating. The United States, as ever, wants a war it can both deny and direct. What’s at stake isn’t just a nuclear program; it’s the illusion o…