The headlines move fast, but the hard question stays the same: what does “success” actually look like when Iran is at the center of a regional firestorm and Israel is fighting for its future. We talk through why Americans feel whiplash right now from shifting narratives on the right and left, and why mission clarity matters more than slogans when troops, trade routes, and global stability are on the line. If leaders can define objectives, limits, and an end state, public trust holds. If they ...