@Ghislaine They managed to survive and to meaningfully threaten Israel in return, which I think counts as success given their situation, especially since the U.S. had a finite supply of interceptors that are hard to replace.

Best case scenario is that it's another performance, and it gets the Save America act passed. Worst case scenario is that it's a clusterfuck and it sinks the administration, but at least that'd kill the empire once and for all.