Trump's blurry vision of victory in Iran
<p>One month in, President Trump's <a href="https://www.axios.com/world/iran" target="_blank">Iran war</a> has fractured into three competing realities:</p><ol><li>A military campaign that has largely delivered.</li><li>A strategic vision that hasn't.</li><li>A political and economic disaster getting worse by the day.</li></ol><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The Trump administration has declared Operation Epic Fury an overwhelming success. But the trajectory of the war — from shifting goalposts to mounting costs — points to a potential stalemate.</p><hr><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>By conventional military measures, the U.S. and Israel are dominating Iran at sea, in the air and on land.</p><ul><li>In its first 29 days, Operation Epic Fury struck 11,000+ targets, flew 11,000+ combat sor
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