It never had any ability to prevent an indiscriminate bombing campaign, and never did. And nobody ever thought otherwise.

It only ever had to prove it could keep the strait closed. Which it did. And now the americans are going away, and they can get back to hanging students from cranes.

The USA has failed to achieve any of its strategic goals, and is going home, defeated.

The conflict is far from over, this ceasefire is unsustainable as neither side wants to agree to the demands of the other.

A ceasefire mostly benefits the US, since it can bring in more military assets across the globe. Ships and troops are still weeks away from arriving & being able to participate in combat operations.

A negotiated settlement is preferable to total destruction of the Iranian economy, and large destruction in the middle east, by all parties involved.

I expect the conflict to resume after two weeks, or later this year, after midterms.

…except very few died. The Iranian and US casualties and entire ME casualties since the operation started combined are less than 15% of the Iranian citizens slaughtered a month before this all started.

Do we not care about deaths anymore? Avoiding war and death is a win for everyone.