Donald Trump's war in Iran echoes Putin's war in Ukraine

The column warns of the practical dangers of overconfidence by recounting how Russian leaders expected a quick victory and even told officers to bring dress uniforms for a parade.

Instead the campaign bogged down, Ukrainian forces exploited overstretched supply lines, goals narrowed from regime change to capturing Donbass, and the toll of Putin’s war approached 500,000 lives.

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It argues Trump is in the first week of his campaign but finds no evidence Iranian officials or soldiers are surrendering.

Senator Lindsey Graham is quoted calling Iran 'religious Nazis,' and both pro- and anti-Kremlin bloggers have dubbed Trump’s plan 'Tehran in three days,' echoing the ridicule of 'Kiev in three days.'

The piece cites Dmitro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister at the time of the Russian invasion, who warned on social media on Friday the 6th that the campaign will only be 'short if Washington quietly scales back its objectives, abandons regime change in Iran, and sells a much smaller outcome as a victory,' adding, 'Breaking a large country is difficult even for the United States.'