NEW - Nobody Has Defined What Winning Looks Like

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Mar 7, 2026 · 9m

Iran war unconditional surrender sounds decisive until you ask what comes after. You are watching a conflict that has been building for fifty years, funded by a regime that paid for the Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Gaza simultaneously. The bombing started a week ago. Nobody has clearly defined what the finish line looks like.

What does it feel like when the most powerful military alliance in the world launches a campaign without an end game? A former diplomat puts it plainly: maybe they gamed out the strategic moves but were overly optimistic about how it ends. Maybe…