{"id":7557,"date":"2026-06-28T16:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/pape-us-trying-to-squeak-out-of-strategic-defeat-after-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T16:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:35:22","slug":"pape-us-trying-to-squeak-out-of-strategic-defeat-after-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/pape-us-trying-to-squeak-out-of-strategic-defeat-after-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Pape: US trying to \u2018squeak out of strategic defeat\u2019 after Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Political scientist Robert Pape argues the fallout of Iran war curbs US hubris and challenges Trump\u2019s self-image.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The war on Iran is \u201cprobably the true bookend to that idea that America can\u2019t be beat\u201d, argues Robert Pape, professor of political science at the University of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Pape tells host Steve Clemons that the US is now trying to \u201csqueak out\u201d of the stipulations of the deal signed with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>That deal turns Israel into \u201can isolated nuclear Sparta \u2026 and more of a garrison state than it is today\u201d, says Pape.<\/p>\n<p>Like Iran, Ukraine is deftly using drones to its advantage, Pape adds, and Russia should cut a deal soon because \u201cit will just get worse and worse\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political scientist Robert Pape argues the fallout of Iran war curbs US hubris and challenges Trump\u2019s self-image. The war on Iran is \u201cprobably the true bookend to that idea that America can\u2019t be beat\u201d, argues Robert Pape, professor of political science at the University of Chicago. Pape tells host Steve Clemons that the US is &#8230; <a title=\"Pape: US trying to \u2018squeak out of strategic defeat\u2019 after Iran\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/pape-us-trying-to-squeak-out-of-strategic-defeat-after-iran\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Pape: US trying to \u2018squeak out of strategic defeat\u2019 after Iran\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}