The Iranians are not Weaker than the Afghans: The Hope for the US Victory is Fading Quickly

Dr. Firoz Mahboob Kamal

The Crime of the Gulf States 

The Gulf States can’t claim to be neutral or innocent. These states have bases for the invading US. They are the very part of the criminal war on the side of the US. It is itself a big crime. Without their support, the US couldn’t dare attack Iran. So, they must taste the pains of the war.

Like the glowing fire, the war will rapidly spread to their lands. So far, the innocent people of Gaza suffered the horrors of war, more than 75,000 people were killed there. These Gulf people kept their silence and enjoyed their luxuries. And now it is their turn.

The US wished Iran would be another Venezuela and expected an easy victory. They hoped the war would be a few days’ job and wished for Iran’s quick capitulation. But such hope has already vanished.

Iran is a battle-hardened country; it knows how to fight the enemy. Iran fought a war for 9 years against Iraq under harsh Western embargo. Therefore, war is no new for Iran. In Jihad, a Muslim loses nothing, only gains. Either gains victory in this world or paradise in the hereafter. And the supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenai showed the preferred path to the Iranians.

Surrender does not exist in true Muslims’ vocabulary. It appeared in secular Arab history who repeatedly surrendered to Israel in 1948, 1967 and in 1973. It also appeared in secular Pakistan’s history who surrendered to Indian idol worshippers in 1971. But Iran is not a secular Arab land or secular Pakistan. So, most likely, Iran will never surrender to the coalition of the USA and Israel.  

 Negotiation is no option

As expected, Iran has shown its distaste to negotiate with the criminal regime of President Donald Trump -as recently told by Mr Larizani, Iran’s security adviser. They consider it a waste of time and betrayal of the right cause.  It is quite understandable that 90 million Iranians are not weaker than 30 million Afghans. If the coalition of US and other 40 countries couldn’t win a war in Afghanistan in 20 years, how can the US alone win against Iran in weeks or months? The US is daydreaming.

It looks, the war may prolong not for weeks but for months and years. Iran will have heavy destruction; but that will give birth to new Iran. Surrender in no option for the Islamic regime. In fact, surrender will bring the death of the Islamic regime.  Rather, Iran has a strong chance to win the war if only it can sustain its fight. So, it’s worth fighting.

 The USA has no option but to flee

The US can never win the war without deploying its soldiers on the ground -which the US dares to commit. Because the Americans get terrible panics seeing body bags. If they land in Iran they will return in bags -as happened in Vietnam in the seventies and Lebanon in the eighties.

Bombs can cause destruction but never bring victory. It needs a huge Army on the ground to win over a country.  The day will soon come when the US will beg Iran for the end of the war -as the USSR and the US begged the Afghans for an end. Since the Afghans didn’t make any deal, both the USSR and the US had to flee from Afghanistan. The scene of their humiliation is still alive in our mind. This time, the same fate is going to repeat for the US. 02/03/2026.