General Discussion

George Washington only won 3 of the 12 battles he was involved with, and one was Yorktown with a lot of French help - Trenton Princeton and Yorktown.
And Princeton was as much an extension of surprising and defeating hessians at Trenton a week earlier Christmas 1776, as the Trenton battle had drawn the main British army away from the Princeton area towards Trenton.
He lost the nine others (there are some who claim differently but this is more accepted), although some were closely fought.
The ultimate reasons Washington won the war were not superiority in battle, but that he was defending a vast land, and only had to 'not lose' in order to win. Asymmetric warfare 1776 style.
Like a 'fleet in being' where a small navy has to be taken into consideration by a larger powerful fleet, Washington's continental army ar valley forge was a relatively small fleet in being, but a being nonetheless.
Iran does not have to win, only has not to lose, and 'stay afloat' inside Iran.

Ps: I miss Bluto. Aka John Belushi.
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>>>> not an ego, jimmy the one is a British naval term, like limey.