ΕΑΝ ΠΡΟΤΙΜΑΤΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΤΗΣΤΕ ΤΗ ΣΗΜΑΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΚΑΤΩ ΜΕΡΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΘΟΝΗΣ

By Helleniscope’s Editorial Team

The tone has shifted.

What began as a war of confidence—promises of rapid escalation leading to strategic breakthrough, even regime change in Iran—is now entering a more familiar phase: explanation, distancing, and the quiet search for someone else to own the outcome.

In Washington, Donald Trump has begun subtly redirecting responsibility, emphasizing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was “the first” to push for military action. In Jerusalem, Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly frustrated with Mossad for intelligence assessments that overestimated the chances of triggering a popular uprising.

No one is issuing outright accusations. They don’t have to. The repositioning is already underway.

And for almost all people, this is good news… War has to come to a swift end – to avoid a global economic catastrophe…

From certainty to deflection

The original premise was clear: pressure Iran hard enough—militarily, psychologically, politically—and the regime might crack from within. That logic, reportedly reinforced by intelligence projections, helped justify escalation.

But the expected collapse hasn’t come. Why? Because it was created by “Judeo-Christian” arrogance and ignorance: the so-called “leaders” of America and Israel failed to read and analyze their enemy, the enemy that has resisted their sanctions for 47 years and ended up creating a more advanced missile technology than their own.

Take a look at this photo and answer the question: Who is more “theocratic”? Washington DC or Tehran?

Iran’s government remains intact. No mass uprising. No decisive internal fracture. Instead: a grinding conflict with no clear endpoint. Trump’s embrace of Evangelicals and Zionists proved to be much more irrational and theocratic than the “theocratic” regime in Tehran.

And so the narrative evolves. Trump’s comments aren’t a confession—they’re a hedge. Netanyahu’s frustration isn’t a rupture—it’s a signal. Both leaders are beginning to shift from authors of the strategy to interpreters of its shortcomings.

A pattern as old as modern war

This is not new. Wars built on expectations of quick political transformation almost always produce the same second act:

  • Intelligence was too optimistic.
  • Advisors pushed too aggressively.
  • Conditions didn’t unfold as predicted.

Responsibility spreads outward.

The promise of regime change—so often invoked as a clean strategic outcome—proves instead to be the most fragile assumption of all.

When the hawks step back

Another tell: early supporters recalibrating.

Figures like Bill Kristol, a neocon warmonger long associated with interventionist policy, are beginning to express skepticism or distance. When ideological backers start to hedge, it signals something deeper than tactical disagreement: the narrative consensus is weakening.

We’ve seen this movie before. The shift doesn’t end the war—but it changes how it’s explained, and eventually, how it’s remembered.

The early stages of blame

No one is conceding failure. Not yet. And many, including Helleniscope, have been regularly warning of the dangers of nuclear escalation.

But if the war drags on, or its objectives remain unmet, the central question will no longer be why it was launched but who is responsible for how it turned out. Especially with the midterm elections approaching and the impeachment of Trump emerging as a real likelihood. Most analysts agree that both the House and the Senate will change hands next November.

The blame game of looming defeat has begun.

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Sources & Further Reading

March 24, 2026, n.stamatakis@aol.com   www.helleniscope.com

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10 COMMENTS

  1. Trump bears the greatest blame for the war. He is the President. He appointed Hegseth. He also sidelined Tulsi Gabbard after the strikes on Iran last year.

    He did not have to listen to the war criminal Netanyahu either. Trump broke his most important promise. He promised no new wars.

    He also listened to Lindsey Graham. He has also listened to the lunatic Laura Loomer and has fired people based on her opinion. Trump has the greatest responsibility for this debacle.

    • Trump hiding his poo poo. definitely compromised, lies, cheats, and steals. Calls leaders of other nations scumbags. Kills them.

    • The Iran war is very simple to comprehend. Trump, like any two year old, has a very short attention span. Three weeks of bombing, with Iran not doing the Venezuela thing, is beyond endurance for him. He’ll declare victory and move on to Cuba. Hopefully, the Iran debacle taught hms a lesson. Not to expect a Venezuela “victory”, especially in the Middle East.

  2. Again let’s not forget front and center leading the war cry is also tip toe through the tulips Lissy Lou Graham, never met a war he didn’t like, add him to the list, not just Petey Hegseth and his gang of evangelicals.

    • Absolutely correct… We are entering a very risky phase. From what I just saw, 5,000 Marines and the 82nd are already in S.Arabia and vicinity and MBS is rooting for more war… I am not a military man but it is obvious that Trump will send over 10-15,000 young men in a suicidal mission against the Iranians hiding behind fortified positions in tall mountains and supported by unlimited number of drones and missiles.

      Why does he do that? Some people say this is a satanic plan: the sacrifice of the Marines will lead to an all out war by America and Europe… This ia the Global war they were planning…

  3. As Misha and I said on our latest podcast, I wished Trump had not listened to Satanyahu. And yes, as President, he does bear the ultimate responsibility. But let us be clear, the Zionists’ stranglehold over the American polity is iron-clad. Even if Kamala had won, we’d still be going to war.

    There is a silver lining. Trump knew that this would go south. So why did he do it? No, there is nothing of a salacious nature in the Epstein files. Had Trump been another Prince Andrew, the Biden DOJ would have released it long ago.

    So why did Trump bend to the Israel lobby? Well, he saw what happened to Charlie Kirk.

    I’m still of the opinion that Trump decided to make a virtue out of necessity and let Netanyahu have all the rope he needs to hang himself. That’s a silver lining in and of itself. The other silver lining is that we are starting to see cracks in the Zionist control over America. That would include the downward trajectory for the Evangelicals and their idolatry of Israel.

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