This actually a masterful lesson in dialectics by comrade JDPON Don.

the war is but a discrete moment in time, the blink of an eye, that can and will stretch to a timeless eternity in the void.

thank you for your attention in this matter.

Silly tankie, you forgot that Iran is both strong[1] and weak.[2] Therefore, the war is just the beginning and very complete, respectively.

[1] “Iran has a powerful military, with Global Firepower stating that it is a Top 20 global military power.”

[2] “Iran is weak and wounded. … Tehran is in weak standing with the Iranian public. Its ‘axis of resistance’ has been weakened by war with Israel.”

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Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
– wingdings churlchurl