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---------------------------Astonishingly, President Trump and his aides were caught unprepared when Iran, under air assault from the United States and Israel, retaliated by targeting shipping in the Persian Gulf region and specifically through the Strait of Hormuz. Military planners have pointed out for decades that the waterway—through which one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas passes—is highly vulnerable to Iranian assault. But the Trump administration acknowledged in classified briefings, CNN reported last night, that it did not make provisions for a closure because officials assumed that such a move would hurt Iran more than the United States.In its failure to anticipate Iran’s reaction, the administration ignored a dynamic that former Defense Secretary James Mattis, a first-term Trump appointee, was fond of pointing out: Once hostilities begin, “the enemy gets a vote.” U.S. leaders have drastically underestimated the Iranian regime’s ability to survive, adjust, and strike back. Just two weeks into a war that began at a time of the president’s choosing, the U.S. appears uncertain about what to do next.Zeets2 » 47 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ Of course he did, you fool!
Iran's mullahs thought they were still negotiating with such pussies as Obama and Biden, and that they could continue their nuclear program because the US didn't have the guts to stop them. Didn't EVERY US PRESIDENT in the last few decades all state that they couldn't allow Iran to have nukes? But they still gave Iran BILLIONS to fund their terrorism while Biden REMOVED those sanctions that Trump had put in place against Iran? So OF COURSE Iran believed every US president was as gutless as Biden was.
So tell me, genius. What exactly is America "losing" as you claim? Iran's Air Force and Navy have been systematically wiped out, their missiles and missile launchers have almost all been virtually destroyed, and their leaders have all been either eliminated or have gone hiding in their spidey holes. The US and Israel have proven that the military armaments that were given them by Russia and China are woefully outmatched in combat with us and we now have control of the Iran oil depot and the Strait of Hormuz where WE can choose which country's ships to allow passage through.
And YOU hate Trump's incredible success because to you it means that Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah no longer have the ability to do significant damage to Israel, which you're pouting over! And that's left the theocratic Iranian government crumbling, together with the knowledge that WE must approve of their next leader or he'll suffer the same fate as the rest of their leaders have. And the Iranian people are CHEERING TRUMP and waving American flags for what he's done, and their slogan is MIGA!; Make Iran Great Again!
Or don't you believe your own eyes?
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/ ... il/686365/