Since The Issue Came Up ...

 ... here is CENTCOM's Commander Admiral Brad Cooper.  

I am not going to elaborate on CENTCOM's stunning "victory" in Iran, but here is Cooper's bio. 

Admiral Brad Cooper is the proud son of a career Army Officer. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and earned a master’s degree in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University. He studied international relations at Harvard and Tufts Universities. Cooper is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. A career Navy Surface Warfare Officer, he has deployed on ships to every combatant command theater of operation and served a tour on the ground in Afghanistan. His command tours include service in Bahrain as commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, FIFTH Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces; commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic; commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 in Okinawa, Japan; and, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea in Busan, South Korea. His ship commands include USS Russell (DDG 59) and USS Gettysburg (CG 64). Ashore, he most recently served as Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command. Other leadership tours include service as the Navy Chief of Legislative Affairs and Director, Surface Warfare Officer assignments (Pers-41). He has also served in a variety of executive and military assistant roles in the White House, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Pacific Fleet headquarters.

OK, that's fine, that's honorable and respectable but here is the Eisenhower's conundrum.  

Ike, actually, did win a huge campaign, he also planned it together with George Marshall, a no small feat against however depleted and weakened Wehrmacht. But what are those awards Admiral Cooper wears? Judging by the massive display of awards he is the equal of Chester Nimitz at least and makes Ike look like an amateur, despite the fact that Ike was bestowed upon in full sincere admiration and respect the awards which Admiral Cooper can only dream about, Ike's name is even enshrined on the Kremlin Wall. One is left wondering what kind of display this is. I will omit commenting on the content of this Admiral's presentation, suffice it to say--it is preposterous. 

Now Some Details ...

 ... begin to emerge.  These are some visuals from that mission: one C-130 and at least two helis, one is the Blackhawk. 

The engagement was, in accordance to Iranian sources, not even with regular or special forces of Iran, these were Basij forces (essentially civilian volunteers) who engaged the US rescue mission. So, always wait before jumping to conclusion, later we may learn more about the real "score". I elaborate in my latest video which should be up shortly. 

With AD Like That ...

 ... CENTCOM issued official statement but, but ... 

Kuwaiti air defenses shot down three American F-15E fighter jets in “an apparent friendly fire incident” early on Monday, US Central Command has stated. The Gulf country hosts a major US airbase from which Washington has been launching warplanes since the beginning of its massive unprovoked joint attack on Iran, together with Israeli forces. The attacks, which have killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as over a hundred schoolgirls in a strike on a single building in the south of the country, have provoked a massive response across the Gulf region. “During active combat – that included attacks from Iranian aircraft, ballistic missiles, and drones – the US Air Force fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses,” CENTCOM wrote in a press release on Monday. “All six aircrew ejected safely, have been safely recovered, and are in stable condition. Kuwait has acknowledged this incident.”

The question is--Kuwait's AD operates 15 MIM-104 Patriots (8 of PAC3 variety)--where was IFF (Interrogation Friend Foe) and what is the REAL target selectivity in these Patriots. Three combat aircraft by "friendly fire" in less than 12 hours? Seriously? Something doesn't add up--I may allow for 1-2, but 3. The new MIM (wink, wink), I mean mem, is born, no--not Patriot PAC3, this one is now long a laughing stock--but Kuwait's Air Defense. 

Now, for the "military planners" like BiBi and Trump--here is what you achieved:

Nobody in Iran has any illusions about US, let alone Israel anymore. Donnie already stated that he may consider ground operations? Good luck with that, Vietnam will look like a stroll in the park, not to mention the fact that the US military cannot sustain operations. As Larry correctly noted:

If you listen to Donald Trump’s public words, he is making wild claims about US military successes in killing Iranians. However, there are new reports that suggest Trump is panicked and searching for a way to declare victory and exit the war. Donald Trump asked Italy to mediate or serve as a conduit for proposing an immediate ceasefire with Iran, following the recent US-Israeli military strikes on Iranian targets

So, as Russian genius has written (granted, Donnie doesn't read books), but then again, Tolstoy wrote about Napoleon, Donnie is a showman and NYC real estate shyster:

In former battles he had only considered the possibilities of success, but now innumerable unlucky chances presented themselves, and he expected them all. Yes, it was like a dream in which a man fancies that a ruffian is coming to attack him, and raises his arm to strike that ruffian a terrible blow which he knows should annihilate him, but then feels that his arm drops powerless and limp like a rag, and the horror of unavoidable destruction seizes him in his helplessness"

Leo Tolstoy, War And Peace, Book 10, Chapter XXXIV.