> What makes you think this farce of an operation will be successful in any manner that benefits the USA?

It won't.

The damages are done, no one can rely on the US for defense since they ran away and hid, the US offensive capabilities in the region are fubar since Iran, despite being one of the most sanctioned nations, managed to put the US at arms length, and despite the US/Trump bravado, the US hasn't won 65 times and Iran is not begging for a ceasefire or peace deal, and everyone in the region knows it...which is the most important thing.

Declaring victory on tiktok/truth social/Internet is not a victory, especially when ordinary Americans bills are increasing.

Clearly, Taiwan has wasted a lot of effort relying on the US for defensive aid, and China now sees that clearly. So does South Korea.

Bridges are burnt.

The best trump can hope for is it going back to the way things were before he started bombing for peace but Iran has made it clear that is not going to happen.

If I was Iran, I'd focus all of my attention now on air defence, and then do whatever-the-fuck-I-want.