# Predictions and forecasts about the ongoing Iran War

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump, iran-strikes-2026\
**Created:** [April 7, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-and-forecasts-about-the-ongoing-iran-war/1029103 "2026-04-07T20:58:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-and-forecasts-about-the-ongoing-iran-war/1029103/35 "2026-04-08T08:10:10Z")

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> [@Lantern2](#):
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> This has been a truly baffling war from start to hopefully finish which is what you get I suppose when an unhinged idiot runs the show.

An unhinged idiot _with no plan;_ it’s obvious that Trump and company just YOLOed into the war without any clear goal or any plan for what to do if Iran didn’t just instantly and totally submit to those undefined goals. It makes no sense because at base, _there’s no sense to make;_ just an idiot who jumped in without a plan and spent the ensuing debacle flailing around cluelessly.

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