> 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.
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.
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.