A grim take on how the US-Iran war is going badly and how it is corroding both American values and Israel's long-term survival.

• The US started the Iran war with a surprise attack during negotiations and hit a girls' school, and no one apologized or protested — a sign the country has lost its old sense of fair play in war.
• Militarily the war makes no sense: the US is firing long-range missiles that can't level anything, burning through its limited missile-defense stockpiles, and can't rebuild them fast because the factories and skilled workers don't exist.
• Each incoming Iranian missile now takes 8–12 US interceptors to stop, and reloading a warship means a week's sail to a remote Indian Ocean base plus days of work — so a long war can't be sustained.
• The world has seen the limits of US power, which will push China, Russia and others to act more boldly.
• Both the US and Israel were caught using mass migration — including the wave of 50,000 people from Morocco into Spain — as a weapon against governments they dislike, undercutting the claim that Israel shields the West from Islam.

Outlook: If the US won't admit the mistake and pull out, and Iran keeps up the pressure instead of pausing, the conflict could escalate quickly — with a real risk that Israel reaches for nuclear weapons.