Ultimately, this is some kind of "leverage play" Trump envisons, but as he is very low IQ + demented, it will backfire like always and bring the US closer to collapse like always.
This is the last wild ride of America; they are going all or nothing, expending the last stockpiles of things they can't produce ever again.
This infrastructure bombing campaign is literally the only thing they can do in the next stage, alongside the most humiliating attempt at a ground invasion in history. If they use nuclear weapons on Iran, Russia could just make sure Iran gets its own nuke to employ on Israel.
And I think people have no idea how little Iran has been damaged thus far, on a historic scale, and how quickly it can be rebuilt after the war, especially in the changed world order and relations with China. Iran is very united now; there is a very low chance of surrender for years.
Factor in that the majority of Iranian drone and missile stockpiles and factories, built over decades, are still completely safe underground.
What will probably commence as this "ceasefire" ends is the continued complete, pointless demilitarization of the US military by Iran.
This is for certain. Anything they drop on Iran will just be absorbed. The question is how functional the US society will remain afterward.
You're way too optimistic and there is a difference between "wishing" U.S. Empire to collapse versus if it actually ever happens in our lifetime.
The only way to break the Empire is for PRC to spend more on defence than the U.S. That will break them eventually, otherwise, Iran is not "breaking" anything alone by itself.
The problem is, the PRC is not taking responcibility as to what they should spend on defence.
Russia is taking responcibility and spending over 6% of GDP on defence. DPRK has always Boss Level spending about 30% - massive double digits. Pakistan is spending what it can, Algeria is spending about 8% of GDP on defence and bying Russian and Chinese weapons, but the PRC isn't spending that much. PRC can't even bother to spend 4%, not to mention 5%. I can never criticize DPRK, Russia, Algeria etc when it comes to defence as they are doing their part, as they should.
PRC, on the other hand, is almost at the level of Bolivia and Venezuela when it comes to defence spending, and as a superpower in 2026, that is unacceptable low level defence spending.
The U.S. empire that kills without mercy can only be checked by brutality and no mercy in return. It only respect power - and nothing else.
However, underestimating the Empire is a big mistanke. Iran already did a mistake by not getting nukes. But I believe that we are also partially here because PRC defence spending is so low, because PRC should have had more than twice of everything compared to what they have today as of 12th of April 2026.
The point is: when the Empire goes to war, it always counts first what Russia and PRC has, before it decides to rape and destroy one of Russia's and PRC allies or friends.
It is not just about "quality of the weapon", it will always be also about the numbers - quantity. Why, because 1.000.000 drones is always better than 1.000 drones. There is simply no discussing around it. 1 million drones ALWAYS WINS against 1.000 drones - period, the same way 1.000.000 conventional missiles will always win against 1.000 conventional missiles.
The same way 1.000.000 soldiers always wins against 10.000 soldiers. Etc.
Having 1.000.000 bullets is always better than having 10.000 bullets. Etc.
U.S. will always calculate what to do by looking at what other countries have - or don't have. That decides how "tough" the Empire is, or rather how bat shit crazy they can be at any given moment. The fact that the U.S. can be bat shit crazy as they are now in April 2026 is telling everyone clearly that PRC is NOT doing its part in order to checkmate this Imperial monster.
This is a defining moment. Iran is a SCO and BRICS member and if Russia and PRC let Iran fall, it is pretty much over for Russia's backyard, and BRICS along with SCO is a bye bye.
If Trump decide to invade with 50.000 soldiers, he will probably try to push from the north-west (Kurdish Erbil-occupied area of northern Iraq), and push inwards, hoping that once "Peshmerga" sees at least 50.000 Imperial troops ready to go for Epstein, Peshmerga may join and attack Iran to create "Rojhelat". Depending on how many Peshmerga troops may go in, we may be looking at 50.000 Peshmerga as well, so that would bring the number to a total of 100.000 Peshmerga + Imperial with air cover.
In a case of north-west Iran collapsing, even Azeri troops may join Imperial forces and Peshmerga. That would also allow Azeris to completely bypass Armenia as Azeris have a dream to connect Azerbaijan with that Nakhcivan enclave.
That requires some battle around area of Tabriz, and if Iran does lose this area, this is the scenario. The area will be occupied by Peshmerga Rojhelat-wannabe + Imperial troops + a smaller part occupied by Azeris.
And there is always the threat of nuke being used against Iran. That would be totally unacceptable. However you are already doing a "nuke coping" by saying that Iran can "absorb and rebuild quickly".
The U.S. society is sick as it gets, so murdering non-White people somewhere in Asia, in this case, Iran, is totally normal for fascist White Supremacists who dream of a Handmaid's Tale / Project 2025 society in the U.S. whilst being allied with genocide Zios in Israel.
