The interviews with retired/fired US generals that go over how and why Iran was a drastic miscalculation I think helps solidify that the current regime is incompetent.

Due to that incompetence, I have a somewhat hopeful view overall of how things may play out, but it could still be a while until things start getting better, including the possibility of an Irish Troubles-like civil war. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that, but I could see it going in that direction if the republican party decide that they’d rather push this as far as they can instead of potentially going to prison if they give up.