Oh they will pay a price, but so will the young sailors on those ships.
The US never behaved like a great power after the hostages were taken. This only emboldened Iran. They were responsible for the manufacturing and deploying many of the IEDs that killed and maimed so many Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan. Iran of course supplied the missiles that periodically rake Israel. They purchased those shore to ship stealthy missiles from China despite American “objections” to China. Iran has developed the mindset that Japan had just prior to Pearl Harbor.
Like Japan, it is being economically squeezed by sanctions. Its leaders culturally hate America and its values.
All the incendiary ingredients and historical precedents are aligned. Sincerely hope our naval commanders are much more aware and ready than their predecessors were in 1941.
“Iran has developed the mindset that Japan had just prior to Pearl Harbor.”
That’s prima facie proof right there they are crazier than a sh!t house rat.
Japan was already a world power with at least 10X the industrial capacity of Iran, even now. They also had the second best Navy in the world.
Iran has nothing more than delusions of grandeur.
I don’t believe they are so unhinged, or stupid, to attack a US Capital Ship at sea with Iranian flagged forces. Or from Iranian soil.