Tudeh Party of Iran, "Endless War" and the Perilous Future Facing Iran and the Middle East Classic wars often begin when they have clearly stated political goals, in addition to economic benefits for the military-industrial complex and usually end when one side achieves all or a significant part of those goals or considers continuing the war futile and unprofitable.However, what is unfolding today between Iran, the US, and Israel bears little resemblance to such classical wars. Rather than a conventional military confrontation, it is increasingly an example of "unlimited" and multilateral warfare that blurs the boundaries between the battlefield, the economy, politics, and national security. Such a wide-ranging conflict is no longer simply a war of missiles and aircraft. Economic sanctions, intelligence operations, cyberattacks, psychological warfare, targeted assassinations, the wanton destruction of civilian infrastructure, and diplomatic pressure have all become integrated instruments of a single conflict. Unlike the wars of previous centuries, moreover, the objective of contemporary warfare is not necessarily the conquest of territory and resources, but rather the gradual erosion of a state's capacity to govern and administer the country. To a considerable extent, what we are witnessing in Iran today conforms to precisely this pattern.
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