4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

Napoleon Bonaparte's maxim may well have been in the minds of policymakers in Moscow and Beijing these past weeks, as the U.S. war in Iran dragged on.

And now that a 14-day ceasefire between Tehran and Washington is in effect " with both sides claiming "victory" " Russian and Chinese leaders still have an opportunity to profit from what many see as America's latest folly in the Middle East.