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Glimpsing Victory in Iran
(Atlantic) Mark Dubowitz and Richard Goldberg - Two weeks after the U.S. and Israel launched their combined military campaign against Iran's clerical regime, the outlines of victory are beginning to emerge. American and Israeli aircraft are operating over Iran with near-total freedom, striking military infrastructure, command nodes, and strategic assets across the country. Iran's air-defense network has been badly degraded. Its ballistic-missile program - the backbone of Tehran's ability to coerce the region - has suffered immense damage. Missile crews are reportedly reluctant to leave cover, desertions are increasing, and refusals to obey orders are surfacing. Each Iranian launch is becoming a suicide mission for those conducting the firing. Iran is also more diplomatically isolated than at any point since 1979. Its missile and drone campaign against Gulf Arab states has united the region against the regime. 135 countries co-sponsored a UN resolution condemning Iran. Mark Dubowitz is CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where Richard Goldberg, a senior advisor at FDD, is a former director for countering Iranian weapons of mass destruction for the U.S. National Security Council.