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> Iran is a shell of the threat it was a month ago. That's why it is crippling the entire world's economy and demanding concessions bigger than the status quo
by andrepd 6mo ago
> Iran is a shell of the threat it was a month ago.
That's why it is crippling the entire world's economy and demanding concessions bigger than the status quo ante bellum, with the US powerless to stop it. Because it's no threat.
- smcnc 6mo ago> 90% destruction of military is meaningless if 10% can wreck havoc on the strait. The cost associated with eliminating that 10% was deemed too much. That is Iran’s “win”.
- vkou 6mo agoThe winner of a war is not the side with a bigger K/D ratio, it's the side that accomplished its objectives. Objectively, the US has in every respect backslid on its objectives compared to a month ago. Iran, on the other hand, went from not controlling the strait to controlling the strait.