Epoch Times - Will Iran Spiral Into Another Forever War? Or Will It Be Different?

March 6, 2026 - Epoch Times

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Will Iran Spiral Into Another Forever War? Or Will It Be Different? | Zineb Riboua

Zineb Riboua examines whether Iran will spiral into another forever war, asserting the U.S. is actively dismantling its capacity for conflict. Citing a morning assessment identifying 2,000 destroyed targets including launchers and naval assets, she argues every missile facility has been crushed. This structural incapability ensures Iran physically cannot attack others in coming years, preventing it from becoming a distraction that hinders U.S. focus on China. Ultimately, the discussion suggests a decisive shift where regional instability is neutralized by overwhelming kinetic destruction rather than diplomatic stalemate. [Automatically generated summary]
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	What does that vision have going for it?
	How do we know that we're not going to just get another source of instability that will precisely prevent the U.S. from looking at its greatest adversary, China, under the Communist Party?
	I think it's a very fair question.
	And I can answer very simple answer.
	The United States is destroying everything that would make that possible.
	Every single launcher, every single missiles facility, their whole navy has been absolutely crushed.
	And you can see that in the loss of military assets that Iran had.
	I was doing this morning a kind of brief assessment of just looking for where they destroyed, where things are.
	And you can see that, you know, it's 2,000 targets so far, and they're hitting even more.
	So they are absolutely in the business of making sure that even if the next Iran wants to, it just cannot.
	And I think that in itself is a very important, I think, premise to work with.
	And it's an early assessment, and it just tells you where things are going, I think.
	But the military aspect and how they are structurally going to be incapable of launching things at others in the future, in the next few years,

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United States' Destruction Efforts 00:01:34

What does that vision have going for it?

How do we know that we're not going to just get another source of instability that will precisely prevent the U.S. from looking at its greatest adversary, China, under the Communist Party?

I think it's a very fair question.

And I can answer very simple answer.

The United States is destroying everything that would make that possible.

Every single launcher, every single missiles facility, their whole navy has been absolutely crushed.

And you can see that in the loss of military assets that Iran had.

I was doing this morning a kind of brief assessment of just looking for where they destroyed, where things are.

And you can see that, you know, it's 2,000 targets so far, and they're hitting even more.

So they are absolutely in the business of making sure that even if the next Iran wants to, it just cannot.

And I think that in itself is a very important, I think, premise to work with.

And it's an early assessment, and it just tells you where things are going, I think.

But the military aspect and how they are structurally going to be incapable of launching things at others in the future, in the next few years,