9/11 War Ending in Iran

The author suggests that the long geopolitical struggle triggered by September 11, 2001 — which pitted the West against radical Islamist movements and Iranian proxies — may finally be reaching its conclusion as military pressure focuses on Iran in 2026. The piece reframes decades of disparate conflicts (Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, proxy fights) as one continuous contest whose endpoint could be Iran’s strategic defeat or transformation. — If adopted, this framing would shift public and policy debate from managing diffuse counterterror operations to assessing a decisive strategic endgame focused on Iran and its regional networks.