The US is indeed checkmated like Afghanistan like Iraq and like Vietnam checkmated spinning your wheels spending money wasting money wasting time and wasting resources, checkmate.

With the addition of most countries now looking for other trade partners the Art of the no deal…

> The U.S. isnt checkmated, the U.S. is enforcing a naval blockade against Iran and their oil based economy is in a free fall with rapid inflation.

That's not much of an achievement for the first military in the world. That's like second military in the world struggling to take a village in Donbas region for 4 years.

What would you consider a "win" condition here? I have no idea what the American administration is looking for as a win.