I fully understand how painful it is for many to watch Iran emerge from this war as a stronger deterrent power and a more influential regional actor than before, capable of fighting on 7 fronts and destroying all US military bases in the Middle East. That reality is difficult to accept for those who expected the opposite outcome after forty days of devastating war.
It is ok. You can be sad.
If there is any comfort to be found, it is that peace is still not around the corner. The region has entered a new phase, but not yet a stable one.