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Gen. Colin Powell frequently advised his intelligence analysts, “Tell me what you know; tell me what you don’t know; and then, based on what you really know and what you really don’t know, tell me what you think is most likely to happen.”

His sage guidance is equally valid today — especially when it comes to the media reporting on the war in Iran.

Going by the headlines, you’d think the United States is losing.

Iran, analyst Robert Kagan told us last week in The Atlantic, has effectively checkmated President Donald Trump.

Really? After only 38 days of actual fighting?

Let’s be clear, Kagan got it wrong.

Michael Goodwin: Trump’s steadfast approach to ‘no nukes’ for Iran shows his unwavering resolve

FIFA’s Iran flag ban is an insult to America — and gift to the mullahs

Trump says gas prices are ‘peanuts’ compared to Iran getting nukes: ‘You want to see the world exploded?’

Yet he’s not alone: For over a month now, many in the media have been writing the epitaph of a war that isn’t over.

“Doomsdaying” –– OK, not a word, but necessary here –– is rapidly becoming Washington’s favorite sport.

And selling defeat, undoubtedly for partisan political purposes, is shamefully in vogue.

No wonder Trump is frustrated.

On Monday, he fumed on Truth Social that even if the regime surrenders, with its leaders physically waving white flags, headlines will scream of Iran’s “Masterful and Brilliant Victory over The United States of........

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