US Democratic Senator says US 'badly and embarrassingly losing this war'

US Democratic Senator says US 'badly and embarrassingly losing this war' US Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said the United States is “badly and embarrassingly losing this war” against Iran, criticising the Trump administration for what he described as a lack of strategy. Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for an immediate end to the US-Israel military operation, now in its second month. “Tactics don’t matter in the absence of strategy,” Murphy wrote in a series of posts on X, adding, “Same thing in Iran. Our tactics are failing and that’s why Iran is succeeding.” He said that despite damage to Iran’s air and naval capabilities, the US has been unable to stop ongoing attacks and warned the conflict could deepen ties between Iran and China. Here's the problem. These are all "tactical" objectives. They are not strategy. Because there IS NO strategy. https://t.co/WULxwlEx0N March 30, 2026

US Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said the United States is “badly and embarrassingly losing this war” against Iran, criticising the Trump administration for what he described as a lack of strategy.

Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for an immediate end to the US-Israel military operation, now in its second month.

“Tactics don’t matter in the absence of strategy,” Murphy wrote in a series of posts on X, adding, “Same thing in Iran. Our tactics are failing and that’s why Iran is succeeding.”

He said that despite damage to Iran’s air and naval capabilities, the US has been unable to stop ongoing attacks and warned the conflict could deepen ties between Iran and China.

Here's the problem. These are all "tactical" objectives. They are not strategy. Because there IS NO strategy. 1/ Let me take these "objectives" 1-4 to explain - based upon what I've learned in briefings - why we are badly and embarrassingly losing this war. https://t.co/WULxwlEx0N