> But let's be real - gross negligence and incompetence aside war with Iran was always going to happen, somehow, under some pretext.

And they prepared for it for a long time. And that preparation has paid off for them. We seem to not have prepared for it in the same way.

Well no. Iran is not in a great state and is not doing that well. They are just willing to sacrifice and suffer through several magnitudes more than US ever could.

I suppose when you live under the constant threat of American imperialism, and when the US has already ginned up a revolution in your country, you have to be prepared.

And I suppose when you're the world's last superpower you start believing your own hype and assume you're invincible.